is it possible to pass arguments on the command line when launching a script?

[nickpitlosh]

i have an endlessly long script that needs 4 variables to execute, i'd like to script its execution in bash. is it possible to do this? also, the english documentation is... lacking.

[Jmgr]

i have an endlessly long script that needs 4 variables to execute, i'd like to script its execution in bash. is it possible to do this?

Not directly no. But you could use environment variables.

also, the english documentation is... lacking.

I know... Feel free to add more to it as you learn new stuff though. That's why it's a wiki. Almost no-one adds content there unfortunately. :)

[nickpitlosh]

while I have you, the 'command' action expects what exactly? I'm trying to execute sed. at the moment I'm using /bin/bash with the parameters -c /usr/bin/sed -i '1d' /home/nick/facebookin

[nickpitlosh]

so insert the myobject object into a variable action to read the env variable into the actiona variable?

[nickpitlosh]

thanks for responding.

[Jmgr]

while I have you, the 'command' action expects what exactly? I'm trying to execute sed. at the moment I'm using /bin/bash with the parameters -c /usr/bin/sed -i '1d' /home/nick/facebookin

The underlying Qt function that is run is QProcess::start. Actiona splits the parameter string into a list using the space character. That's quite bad and I consider this as a bug. That means that if you have a parameter containing a space you are a bit screwed. The best alternative is probably to use some code instead.

so insert the myobject object into a variable action to read the env variable into the actiona variable?

Yes.

[nickpitlosh]

Can the spaces be escaped?

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 1:53 PM Jonathan Mercier-Ganady < @.***> wrote:

while I have you, the 'command' action expects what exactly? I'm trying to execute sed. at the moment I'm using /bin/bash with the parameters -c /usr/bin/sed -i '1d' /home/nick/facebookin

The underlying Qt function that is run is QProcess::start https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#start. Actiona splits the parameter string into a list using the space character. That's quite bad and I consider this as a bug. That means that is you have a parameter containing a space you are a bit screwed. The best alternative is probably to use some code https://wiki.actiona.tools/doku.php?id=en:code:system:process&s%5B%5D=command#start instead.

so insert the myobject object into a variable action to read the env variable into the actiona variable?

Yes.

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[Jmgr]

Looking at the code I don't think so unfortunately.

[nickpitlosh]

Sad face.

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Looking at the code I don't think so unfortunately.

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[datavectors]

I will pass on a tip. I have found that Actiona can run custom script through the command object. Thus if a Python script is included with Actiona script it can simply be run through command object .. python3 MyScript.py arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4

To pass args we require to import argparse in Python.

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/argparse.html