# SCSI_READY(8) - man - phpman

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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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/sg3utils/8/markdown) 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 MER‐
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO
       **sg**___**turs** **(sg3**___**utils)**



sg3_utils-1.36                                May 2013                                 [SCSI_READY(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SCSIREADY/8/markdown)