running the script in CLI shows: OK - Delay is 63 The problem is nagios web shows: OK - Delay is / #!/bin/sh #socram[at]conexion[dot]com[dot]py # get CLI values $1=host $2=community $3=target rtt1=`snmpwalk $1 -v 1 -c $2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.42.1.5.2.1.1.$3 | cut -d " " -f4` rtt2=`snmpwalk $1 -v 1 -c $2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.42.1.5.2.1.2.$3 | cut -d " " -f4` delay=`expr $rtt2 / $rtt1` # Finally Inform Nagios of what we found... echo "OK - Delay is $delay" exit 0