#22 Command line variables starting with # fails in linux

[Anonymous]

Passing variables to scripts in command line in linux with # fails. I guess bash thinks its as a comment and won't process them.

I recommned changing this character to something else like +-character.

CommandLine.java line 191 in b2.1

[christian]

+1

[christian]

It just hits me :-) ... # is the bash comment sign. if you escape it, everyhing works well. would you please document this on your page? thanks chris

not working:

  java -jar webharvest_all_2.jar config="scoach_tables.xml" #isin=CH0110581516

working:

  java -jar webharvest_all_2.jar config="scoach_tables.xml" \#isin=CH0110581516

[Maciej Czapiewski]

The way of defining initial variables of the Web-Harvest context from command line has been modified. Now it accepts only one parameter vars instead of many parameters with # prefix which under Linux were not be passed to the application - # is the line comment character in the Linux shell.

The vars parameter contains a semicolon-separated list of pairs <name>=<value>, where <name> is a name of WH variable and <value> is its value. Below is presented sample command containig vars parameter with two variables a and B:

java -jar webharvest-ide-2.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar config="commandline_params.xml" vars="a=john;B=123"

Of course this modification will be available in Web-Harvest v2.1.

Thanks,
Maciej