Stuck on a shell script

Questions & Suggestions
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Hi folks-

I'm stuck trying to send UDP commands to a local server- for driving a piece of A/V gear. This works perfectly in Terminal but fails without any feedback in KBM:

echo -e 'BANK-DOWN 1 2' | /usr/bin/nc -u -w1 127.0.0.1 51235

Suggestions appreciated.

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Errors aren't included in the shell script action's results be default. Did you configure the action to include them? That might at least give you some feedback to work with.

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You might also want to make sure your KM environment path variable is configured to accommodate your /usr/bin/nc folder:

https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_Shell_Script#Path_in_Shell_Scripts

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Thanks for the info! I finally figured it out, removing the -e after echo did the trick:

echo 'BANK-DOWN 1 2' | /usr/bin/nc -u -w1 127.0.0.1 51235

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