with or without ":" ? why is this "set" command not working ?

RouterOS Scripting
1

Hi there,

I’am new to mikrotik scripting and i am not sure that i understand the “:” correct. Example:

This works:

:local wan1 “ether4”;
/interface ethernet;
set [ find default-name=“$wan1” ] comment=“$wan1” name=“wan1”;

and this not:

:local wan1 “ether4”;
/interface ethernet;
:set [ find default-name=“$wan1” ] comment=“$wan1” name=“wan1”;

only difference is “:set” and “set”.

Thanks for help!

2

This

:local wan1 "ether4";
/interface ethernet;
set [ find default-name="$wan1" ] comment="$wan1" name="wan1";

Equals this

:local wan1 "ether4";
/interface ethernet set [ find default-name="$wan1" ] comment="$wan1" name="wan1";

The “set” command in this case is part of a Terminal Command which does not need the “:”.

A script command set would need the “:”, example..

:local wan1;
:set wan1 "ether4";
/interface ethernet set [ find default-name="$wan1" ] comment="$wan1" name="wan1";

The main reason to write the terminal command as you did would to set multiple variables under the same folder. example..

:local wan1 "ether4";
local wan2 "ether5;
/interface ethernet;
set [ find default-name="$wan1" ] comment="$wan1" name="wan1";
set [ find default-name="$wan2" ] comment="$wan2" name="wan2";
3

Hello,

and thank you very much for the detailed information. Now i understand the difference.