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The example to check if an IP is alive didn't work. It seems that the `&> /dev/null` redirector didn't work. `> /dev/null 2>&1` works fine however. This can be verified with the following config: ```yaml - platform: command_line name: "testtrue1" command: "true &> /dev/null && echo success || echo fail" scan_interval: 5 payload_on: "success" payload_off: "fail" - platform: command_line name: "testfalse1" command: "false &> /dev/null && echo success || echo fail" scan_interval: 5 payload_on: "success" payload_off: "fail" - platform: command_line name: "testtrue2" command: "true > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo success || echo fail" scan_interval: 5 payload_on: "success" payload_off: "fail" - platform: command_line name: "testfalse2" command: "false > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo success || echo fail" scan_interval: 5 payload_on: "success" payload_off: "fail" ``` Also a `-W 1` lowers the timeout to one second.