NVRAM Variable syntax

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I'm trying to edit the client_customlist variable in my router with Merlin firmware, and am a bit confused with the syntax; when I export it and then look at it, most of them end with 3 >, like this:

<S|GHome>E4:99:42:99:A6:99>0>23>>>>

but there are a couple that end with only 1, like this:

<S|OL (WL)>00:99:69:02:99:FD>0>22>>

Does anyone know why this is? I'm not coming up with anything doing some Google-Fu.

Hi, SO is programming questions site. This probably better fits to SuperUser or ServerFault where general and professsional server/networking sw/hw is discussed. — blami, Feb 05 '21 at 05:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '21 at 06:24

Whelp, I never got an answer as to the "why", so I gambled with a mass replace of:

>>>><

to

>><

imported the new value back to the variable, tested it all out, and it worked fine. If anyone knows "why" it was adding extra > to some of them, I'd still love to know.

NVRAM Variable syntax

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