$ monmaptool --create --add foo 2.3.4.5:6789 mymonmap monmaptool: monmap file mymonmap monmaptool: generated fsid [0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12} (re) setting min_mon_release = pacific monmaptool: writing epoch 0 to mymonmap (1 monitors) $ ORIG_FSID="$(monmaptool --print mymonmap|grep ^fsid)" $ monmaptool --rm foo mymonmap monmaptool: monmap file mymonmap monmaptool: removing foo monmaptool: writing epoch 0 to mymonmap (0 monitors) $ monmaptool --print mymonmap monmaptool: monmap file mymonmap epoch 0 fsid [0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12} (re) last_changed \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+.\d\d\d\d (re) created \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+.\d\d\d\d (re) min_mon_release 16 (pacific) election_strategy: 1 $ NEW_FSID="$(monmaptool --print mymonmap|grep ^fsid)" $ [ "$ORIG_FSID" = "$NEW_FSID" ]