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NAME
       scsi_ready - do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices


SYNOPSIS
       scsi_ready [--brief] [--help] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*


DESCRIPTION
       This  bash  shell  script calls the sg_turs utility on each given DEVICE. This will send a
       SCSI TEST UNIT READY command to each DEVICE. Disks, tape drives and DVD/BD players amongst
       others may respond to this SCSI command.


OPTIONS
       Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.

       -b, --brief
              for  each  DEVICE  given output a line containing either '    ready' or '    device
              not ready'. If DEVICE is not found or there is another serious error then an  error
              message will appear instead.

       -h, --help
              print out the usage message then exit.

       -v, --verbose
              increase level or verbosity.


EXIT STATUS
       The  exit  status  of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise the exit status is
       that of the last sg_turs utility called. See the sg3_utils(8) man page.


AUTHORS
       Written by D. Gilbert


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2009-2013 Douglas Gilbert
       This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not  even  for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


SEE ALSO
       sg_turs (sg3_utils)