Problem with status line from script

[Cecil Westerhof]

I like to get a little bit of useful information in my statusline. So I have the following script:

    msg="$(date +%F)$(uptime)"

    # msg=${msg/ load average:/}
    echo ${msg}

In tmux.conf I have:

    set -g status-right         '#(infoStatusline)'
    set -g status-right-length  80

The above script works with the second line commented out. But when I remove the comment it does not work anymore. The script gives the output I want when called from the command line, but the tmux status line becomes blank.

What is happening here and how do I solve it?

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Cecil Westerhof

[Nicholas Marriott]

${//} is a bash feature so you will need to run your script with bash, #() will use /bin/sh by default. Change it to #(bash /path/to/script).

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[Cecil Westerhof]

That was fast. :-D

Op di 20 okt. 2020 om 15:59 schreef Nicholas Marriott <nicholas...@gmail.com>:

${//} is a bash feature so you will need to run your script with bash, #() will use /bin/sh by default. Change it to #(bash /path/to/script).

I start the script with:

    #!/usr/bin/env bash

That works also and I find that a better solution.

Thanks.

Is it possible to let #() use bash by default?

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 14:56, Cecil Westerhof <cldwes...@gmail.com> wrote:

I like to get a little bit of useful information in my statusline. So I have the following script:

    msg="$(date +%F)$(uptime)"

    # msg=${msg/ load average:/}
    echo ${msg}

In tmux.conf I have:

    set -g status-right         '#(infoStatusline)'
    set -g status-right-length  80

The above script works with the second line commented out. But when I remove the comment it does not work anymore. The script gives the output I want when called from the command line, but the tmux status line becomes blank.

What is happening here and how do I solve it?

--

Cecil Westerhof