VMWare ESX 6.5 check VM powerstate on CLI

auto-poweron.sh

#!/bin/sh

startit() {
    vmids=$@
    for vmid in $vmids
    do
        echo -n "check $vmid powerstate: "
        stat1=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate "$vmid" | grep "off")
        if [ "$stat1" == "Powered off" ]
        then
            echo "power on $vmid"
            vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on "$vmid"
        else
            echo "$vmid is already on"
        fi
    done
}

echo "start this vmids first"
vmids=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | egrep 'veryimportant1|anotherone|thirdone' | awk '{print $1}')
startit $vmids

echo "start all vmids"
vmids=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v Vmid)
startit $vmids