---
name: "snmpbulkget"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "net-snmp"
version: "5.9.5.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/snmpbulkget"
---

# snmpbulkget(1)

communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETBULK requests.

## NAME

snmpbulkget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETBULK requests.

## SYNOPSIS

**snmpbulkget** \[COMMON OPTIONS\] \[-Cn \<num\>\] \[-Cr \<NUM\>\] AGENT OID \[OID\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**snmpbulkget** is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GETBULK request to query a network entity efficiently for information.  One or more object identifiers (OIDs) may be given as arguments on the command line. Each variable name is given in the format specified in *[variables(5)](/variables/5.md)*.

If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to pinpoint why the request was malformed.

## OPTIONS

- **-Cn***\<NUM\>*

  Set the *non-repeaters* field in the GETBULK PDU.  This specifies the number of supplied variables that should not be iterated over.  The default is 0.

- **-Cr***\<NUM\>*

  Set the *max-repetitions* field in the GETBULK PDU.  This specifies the maximum number of iterations over the repeating variables.  The default is 10.

In addition to these options, **snmpbulkget** takes the common options described in the  *[snmpcmd(1)](/snmpcmd/1.md)* manual page. Note that **snmpbulkget** REQUIRES  an argument specifying the agent to query and at least one OID argument, as described there.

## EXAMPLE

The command:

snmpbulkget -v2c -Cn1 -Cr5 -Os -c public zeus system ifTable

will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0 (which is the lexicographically next object to system) and the first 5 objects in the ifTable:

sysDescr.0 = STRING: "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3\_U1 1 sun4m"\
 ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1\
 ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2\
 ifDescr.1 = STRING: "lo0"\
 et cetera.

## NOTE

As the name implies, **snmpbulkget** utilizes the SNMP GETBULK message, which is not available in SNMPv1.

## SEE ALSO

[snmpcmd(1)](/snmpcmd/1.md), [variables(5)](/variables/5.md), RFC 1905.