Enable/Disable multiple interfaces and Wi-Fi with 1 command

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I have an Archer C60 v1 and have AP + Guests on 2.4G and 5G. In the 5 I also have a client interface to have internet in case of an internet outage on the WAN. I have not been able to have the 3 Wi-Fi interfaces turned on in the 5G one. Therefore I use this command to turn off the main and guest AP and turn on the client Wi-Fi:

uci set wireless.telecentro.disabled="0" && uci set wireless.5g_ap.disabled="1" && uci set wireless.5g_ap_invitados.disabled="1" && uci commit wireless && wifi reload && uci set network.wan.disabled="1" && uci set network.telecentro.disabled="0" && uci commit network && service network restart

Another command to do the opposite:

uci set wireless.telecentro.disabled="1" && uci set wireless.5g_ap.disabled="0" && uci set wireless.5g_ap_invitados.disabled="0" && uci commit wireless && wifi reload && uci set network.wan.disabled="0" && uci set network.telecentro.disabled="1" && uci commit network && service network restart

I've tried entering these commands into the Commands app but can't get them to work.

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#2

well, there's a syntax error somewhere, try running one command at a time, skipping the &&, or try using ; as command separator, instead of &&.

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#3

This is not valid. Either you'll have disabled='1' or you'll delete the disabled option.

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#4

Why would it be invalid?
disabled 0 sounds quite ok to me.

This is more likely about escaping quotes or ampersands, like the screenshot shows.

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Similar error has been shown e.g. in Error when executing command from luci-app-commands

@castillofrancodamian
A better approach would be to write the commands into executable scripts in /etc, which scripts you then launch via luci-app-commands

Ps.
How does the stored command from luci-app-commands actually show up in /etc/config/luci ?

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config command
        option name 'Encender Wi-Fi TeleCentro'
        option command 'uci set wireless.telecentro.disabled="0";uci set wireless.5g_ap.disabled="1";uci set wireless.5g_ap_invitados.disabled="1";uci commit wireless;wifi reload;uci set network.wan.disabled="1";uci set network.telecentro.disabled="0";uci commit network;service network restart'

config command
        option name 'Apagar Wi-Fi TeleCentro'
        option command 'uci set wireless.telecentro.disabled="1";uci set wireless.5g_ap.disabled="0";uci set wireless.5g_ap_invitados.disabled="0";uci commit wireless;wifi reload;uci set network.wan.disabled="0";uci set network.telecentro.disabled="1";uci commit network;service network restart'
#6

I have already changed it and it shows the same error.

#7

then try one command at a time ....

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#8

My wrong, it is not invalid. I was used to the uci command applied from luci to delete the option disabled instead of making it 0.

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#9

Neither works with the change to ;.

#10

What would be a better way with scripts in /etc?

#11

I use this kind of approach in launching more complex stuff from luci-app-commands:

root@router1:~# tail /etc/config/luci
        option route 'openwrt.org'

config command
        option name 'Backup LuCI stats'
        option command '/etc/storeStats.sh'

config command
        option name 'Restore LuCI stats backup'
        option command '/etc/restoreStats.sh'

and the launched script...

root@router1:~# cat /etc/storeStats.sh
#!/bin/sh
/etc/init.d/collectd stop
logger -t "LuCI statistics" Create backup archive
mkdir -p /etc/backup.stats
cd /tmp/rrd/$(uname -n)
tar c -zvf /etc/backup.stats/stats.tar.gz *
cp /etc/backup.stats/stats.tar.gz /etc/backup.stats/stats-$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M).tar.gz
sync
/etc/init.d/collectd start

Luci-app-commands is not meant to be a full-fledged replacement of a shell. It has limitations.

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