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What's wrong with this command:

nmcli c up uuid  "$nmcli -t -f uuid c"

How can I fix it?

"$nmcli -t -f uuid c" is a uuid needed after nmcli c up uuid.

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nmcli c up uuid  "$(nmcli -t -f uuid c)"

Use backticks or $(cmd) for commmand substitution

Note that nmcli -t -f uuid c can print out more than one uuid. I didn't test it yet, but the command above might not work then. If so, you should make sure that you are using the right uuid like that:

nmcli c up uuid `nmcli -t -f name,uuid c | awk -F':' '/^YOURWIFINAME:/{print $2}'`
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in the second case I prefer to run nmcli c up uuid for all available uuids. I think a for loop may be needed and something that can get each uuid separately as a string. –  Minimus Heximus 2 days ago
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