How Do I Pass a KM Variable to the Execute Shell Script Action?

[nexgen]

It looks like the execute a script in terminal don't recognize tokens like %TriggerValue% etc...
How can I pass the KM variable to the script parameter?

[Sleepy]

You could easily assign the token to a variable first, then pass the variable to the action.

[nexgen]

I tried that. It didn't work either.

[Sleepy]

Oh, I understand now. I thought you were trying to pass a variable to a macro. I'm sorry. You are trying to pass it to a shell script. That's not how you pass variables to shell scripts. Instead of saying %Variable%% you say it like this: $KMVAR_varname.

It's usually that simple. But there are some cases where that won't work. Since you haven't told me exactly what your script is doing, I can't tell you exactly how to specify the variable. It gets tricky because many shell commands take quotes. There are some variations to how you handle those cases.

[JMichaelTX]

@nexgen

How can I pass the KM variable to the script parameter?

There are two methods:

1. As @Sleepy suggested. For more info see Using KM Variables in a Execute a Shell Script action
2. Enter any KM Token in the "With input from" parameter of the Execute Shell Script
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     • How to Use Execute Shell Script -- With Input From - #3 by JMichaelTX