{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "SCSI_READY",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SCSI_READY/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T04:24:27Z",
    "synopsis": "scsiready [--brief] [--help] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "scsiready - do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "scsiready [--brief] [--help] [--verbose] DEVICE [DEVICE]*\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This  bash shell script calls the sgturs utility on each given DEVICE. This will send a SCSI\nTEST UNIT READY command to each DEVICE. Disks, tape drives and DVD/BD players amongst  others\nmay respond to this SCSI command.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-b --brief",
                    "content": "for  each  DEVICE given output a line containing either '    ready' or '    device not\nready'. If DEVICE is not found or there is another serious error then an error message\nwill appear instead.\n",
                    "flag": "-b",
                    "long": "--brief"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h --help",
                    "content": "print out the usage message then exit.\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v --verbose",
                    "content": "increase level or verbosity.\n",
                    "flag": "-v",
                    "long": "--verbose"
                }
            ]
        },
        "EXIT STATUS": {
            "content": "The  exit status of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise the exit status is that\nof the last sgturs utility called. See the sg3utils(8) man page.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Written by D. Gilbert\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright © 2009-2013 Douglas Gilbert\nThis software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MER‐\nCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "sgturs (sg3utils)\n\n\n\nsg3utils-1.36                                May 2013                                 SCSIREADY(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "scsiready - do SCSI TEST UNIT READY on devices",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-b",
            "long": "--brief",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "print out the usage message then exit."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": "--verbose",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "increase level or verbosity."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}