puppet exec is not working

[moons...@gmail.com]

Hi All,

I following code is not working. Not sure why. 

exec { "file_system_cleanup":

                command => "touch /root/file_system_cleanup.log",

                path    => '/bin/:/sbin/:/usr/bin/:/usr/sbin',

                onlyif  => "test `df -h / | tail -1 | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/%//g'` -gt 20",

         }

Thanks,

[moons...@gmail.com]

When I run with debug option i see "$" is not working inside puppet. I tried to escape but it is not working. 

Debug: Exec[file_system_cleanup](provider=posix): Executing check 'test `df -h / | tail -1 | awk '{print }' | sed 's/%//g'` -gt 20'

Debug: Executing: 'test `df -h / | tail -1 | awk '{print }' | sed 's/%//g'` -gt 20'

Thanks,

[Thomas Müller]

you need to escape $ signs or puppet will replace $5 with probably an empty string.

https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_data_string.html#escape-sequences

- Thomas 

[warron.french]

How does one escape something like she'll values inside awk inside ruby code?

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[Vladislav Rusanov]

Hi!

Just add backslash before $:

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