Puppet users - Dec 2011 - Commands within commands within a manifest

Here is what I am trying to do:

service{ foo:
...
restart => "/path/to/script/to/run 2>&1 | tee
/path/to/where-I-want-logfile-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`.log",
...
}

What I get is a log file named "/path/to/where-I-want-logfile-`date"

I have unsuccessfully tried escaping the command quotes with a back-slash.
Other than wrapping the while thing in another script, is there any way to fix
this ?

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universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
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You could try:

tee /path/to/where-I-want-logfile-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log

Alternatively, since it doesn''t look like you''re using any
puppet
variables in the command string, you could try using single quotes
(i.e. restart => ''/path/ ...'') so puppet won''t try
to interpret anything
it sees in there.


Best,
Dan


On 12/15/2011 12:48 PM, Dan White wrote:
> Here is what I am trying to do:
> 
> service{ foo:
> ...
> restart => "/path/to/script/to/run 2>&1 | tee
/path/to/where-I-want-logfile-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`.log",
> ...
> }
> 
> What I get is a log file named
"/path/to/where-I-want-logfile-`date"
> 
> I have unsuccessfully tried escaping the command quotes with a back-slash.
> Other than wrapping the while thing in another script, is there any way to
fix this ?
> 
> “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere
in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
> Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> 
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Thanks for the suggestions.
tee /path/to/where-I-want-logfile-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log  did not work.

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(''

I will let you know if the single quote option works.

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)

----- Dan Rao <dhananja@cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
> You could try:
> 
> tee /path/to/where-I-want-logfile-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log
> 
> Alternatively, since it doesn''t look like you''re using
any puppet
> variables in the command string, you could try using single quotes
> (i.e. restart => ''/path/ ...'') so puppet
won''t try to interpret anything
> it sees in there.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Dan
> 
> 
> On 12/15/2011 12:48 PM, Dan White wrote:
> > Here is what I am trying to do:
> > 
> > service{ foo:
> > ...
> > restart => "/path/to/script/to/run 2>&1 | tee
/path/to/where-I-want-logfile-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`.log",
> > ...
> > }
> > 
> > What I get is a log file named
"/path/to/where-I-want-logfile-`date"
> > 
> > I have unsuccessfully tried escaping the command quotes with a
back-slash.
> > Other than wrapping the while thing in another script, is there any
way to fix this ?
> > 
> > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
> > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> > 
> 
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Well,

On 12/15/2011 10:39 PM, Dan White wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions.
> tee /path/to/where-I-want-logfile-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log  did not work.
> 
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(''
if you''re not using single quotes, you shall have to escape the dollar
sign so puppet doesn''t try to expand a variable.

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