Skip to end of banner
Go to start of banner

How to execute CLI command when white space is included in value for group parameter

Skip to end of metadata
Go to start of metadata

You are viewing an old version of this page. View the current version.

Compare with Current View Page History

« Previous Version 15 Next »

This article helps to execute the CLI commands when the value passed in the parameter is having white spaces.

Instructions

To escape the white space in the group parameter while passing the input values, there are 2 cases to run the command successfully, based on the Operating System you are using (macOS and Windows).

Please find the below details based on the Operating System:

  • On macOS:
    While executing the command using the run parameters on macOS, sometimes it throws an error. That is because of the white spaces are included in the values.
    In this article, a group name my local group used. It throws an error as shown below, if you pass the value as --group "my local group":
    Parameter error: Unexpected argument: local

    Hence, the command can be composed by escaping the white spaces as "\""my local group\"" as shown below:

    --action runFromCsv --file "spaces.csv" --common "--action addPermissions --permissions "viewspace" --group "\""my local group\""

  • On Windows:
    If the CLI command is used as --group "my local group" without escaping the white spaces, it throws an error:
    Parameter error: Unexpected argument: local
    To execute the command on the Windows operating system by escaping the white space, use the escape characters as like this ""my local group""
    An example is given below:

    --action runFromCsv --file "spaces.csv" --common "--action addPermissions --permissions "viewspace" --group ""my local group"""

It is recommended to test this scenario in a non-production environment or run the action with the --simulate parameter, to verify the behavior before deploying on a production environment.



  • No labels