I am using ubuntu 18.04 to run a shell script, and the eval
expression returns an exit code 1:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf --branch v0.10.2
echo -e '\n. $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
echo -e '\n. $HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash' >> ~/.bashrc
eval "$(cat ~/.bashrc | tail -n +10)"
...
Even if I remove the git clone
and the echo
right before it won't work, which means the problem is within the .bashrc
file. If I use an empty file, or any other file, it works.
This eval hack was recommended here.
And here's the tail -n +10 ~/.bashrc
(I just want to ignore the first 10 lines, specially where it says # If not running interactively, don't do anything
):
# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
# See bash(1) for more options
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend
for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000
check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize
If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
#shopt -s globstar
make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z "${debian_chroot:-}" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi
set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
xterm-color|*-256color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac
uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
#force_color_prompt=yes
if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
color_prompt=yes
else
color_prompt=
fi
fi
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[\033[01;32m]\u@\h[\033[00m]:[\033[01;34m]\w[\033[00m]$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm|rxvt)
PS1="[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a]$PS1"
;;
*)
;;
esac
enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
#alias dir='dir --color=auto'
#alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
fi
colored GCC warnings and errors
#export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'
some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'
Add an "alert" alias for long running commands. Use like so:
sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '''s/^\s[0-9]+\s//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//''')"'
Alias definitions.
You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi
enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if ! shopt -oq posix; then
if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
. /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi
fi
If I run the same eval expression within the command line, and do echo $?
it returns 0
.
Doing exec bash
, source ~/.bashrc
or . ~/.bashrc
as a substitute of the eval
does not work as I am using a non-interactive shell.
Also, I can't remove set -e
as I am using packer to build an image and I want to stop the build If I get an error.
Any idea what it could be?
Goal
I am using a tool called packer to build a server image where a run a script to install what I need, including the asdf
tool.
I want to be able to install asdf
, use it within the script, and then use it later when I launch the server. I am using a systemd service to run a web application that requires some plugins from asdf.
I can source the files (instead of sourcing the whole .bashrc
) within the script by doing:
. $HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash
. $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh
and add the same lines to .bashrc
as mentioned here.
However, I am not sure I will be able to access asdf
later when I launch the server.
asdf
later outside the script. If I source just theasdf
files it will work within the script, but I will getasdf: command not found
outside. – soltex Nov 16 '22 at 18:22asdf
on the current session. I will build a new server from an image, and the.bashrc
will be modified by then. In that case, I won't need to source the.bashrc
anymore, correct? Once the server starts, will I be able to findasdf
? – soltex Nov 16 '22 at 18:23.bashrc
help with findingasdf
? Is it just an alias in.bash_aliases
? because it doesn't look like the.bashrc
is modifyingPATH
at all... – Esther Nov 16 '22 at 18:25eval
uating .bashrc is the right thing to do. – terdon Nov 16 '22 at 18:29$serverUser/.profile
. – terdon Nov 16 '22 at 18:48mix
through an systemd service which can only be found ifasdf
is accessible. – soltex Nov 17 '22 at 10:48bashrc
and add theasdf
path tobashrc
without sourcing. Then, when I launch the server, I thinkasdf
will be accessible. I don't see any other way. – soltex Nov 17 '22 at 10:53