How to pass a multiline parameter to jenkins cli build

[Denis Gaudet]

Hey folks,

I'm trying to pass a multiline parameter to a build from a BASH command
line. My command looks like this:

/java -jar ~/files/jenkins-cli.jar -s http://<my jenkins url>  build -s
'Fundamental/math-flex' -p DESCRIPTION="$mydesc" -p
configspec_elements="$mycs"/

I have exported both variables as:

/export mydesc='Dry run'
export mycs='element /reuse /main/LATEST\nelement /reuse/ip /main/LATEST'/

When this gets into the jenkins job, the $mycs looks like this:

/element /reuse /main/LATEST\nelement /reuse/ip /main/LATEST/

I was hoping/expecting the "\n" to have been expanded, but, it wasn't ;(

How else can I get multiple lines trough the CLI interface?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Denis

[DGaudet]

I have identified a solution that works :)

When exporting the env variable, hit the enter key on the command line and keep adding lines and then close the quotes on the least line. This would look like the following:

prompt:> export mycs='element /reuse /main/LATEST

> element /reuse/ip /main/LATEST

> element /reuse/ip/file.txt /main/LATEST'

Then, test it out using echo with double quotes around the variable as:

echo "$mycs"

Once formatted as wanted, simply pass in the variable to the Jenkins CLI to be used on the other side like this:

java -jar ~/files/jenkins-cli.jar -s http://<my jenkins url>  build -s 'Fundamental/math-flex' -p DESCRIPTION="$mydesc" -p configspec_elements="$mycs"

Hope this helps\you as much as it helped me :)

Denis