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---
layout: page
title: "Command line Binary Sensor"
description: "Instructions how to integrate Command binary sensors within Home Assistant."
date: 2016-01-13 12:15
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
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logo: command_line.png
ha_category: Binary Sensor
---
The `command` binary sensor platform issues specific commands to get data.
To use your Command binary sensor in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
platform: command_line
command: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
name: 'IP4 forwarding'
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"
value_template: '{% raw %}{{ value.x }}{% endraw %}'
```
Configuration variables:
- **command** (*Required*): The action to take to get the value.
- **name** (*Optional*): Let you overwrite the the name of the device. By default *name* from the device is used.
- **payload_on** (*Optional*): The payload that represents enabled state. Default is "ON".
- **payload_off** (*Optional*): The payload that represents disabled state. Default is "OFF".
- **value_template** (*Optional*): Defines a [template](/topics/templating/) to extract a value from the payload.
## {% linkable_title Examples %}
In this section you find some real life examples of how to use this sensor.
### {% linkable_title SickRage %}
Check the state of an [SickRage](https://github.com/sickragetv/sickrage) instance.
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
platform: command_line
command: netstat -na | find "33322" | find /c "LISTENING" > nul && (echo "Running") || (echo "Not running")
name: 'sickragerunning'
payload_on: "Running"
payload_off: "Not running"
```
### {% linkable_title Check RasPlex %}
Check if [RasPlex](http://www.rasplex.com/) is `online`.
```yaml
binary_sensor:
platform: command_line
command: 'ping -c 1 rasplex.local | grep "1 received" | wc -l'
name: 'is_rasplex_online'
payload_on: 1
payload_off: 0
```
An alternative solution could look like this:
```yaml
binary_sensor:
platform: command_line
name: Printer
command: ping -c 1 192.168.1.10 &> /dev/null && echo success || echo fail
payload_on: "success"
payload_off: "fail"
```