Re: Calling QSH with variables from CL

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try

CHGVAR VAR(&QSHDOIT) VALUE('echo' *BCAT &MYSTR *CAT '; echo $?')


On 8/18/2020 5:30 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to dynamically assemble a string to be forwarded to QSH for execution, but I'm most likely falling over the multiple apostrophes.
>
> Actual CL program:
>
> PGM
> DCL VAR(&MYSTR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(5) VALUE('Hello')
> DCL VAR(&QSHDOIT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(80)
> CHGVAR VAR(&QSHDOIT) VALUE('echo'' *BCAT &MYSTR *CAT ''; echo $?')
> QSH CMD(&QSHDOIT)
> ENDPGM
>
> Expected content of &QSHDOIT:
> echo Hello; echo $?
>
> Expected console output of qsh:
> Hello
> 0
>
> Instead, I get an error message stating, that there's no such command echo *BCAT &MYSTR *CAT.
>
> What am I doing wrong here? I remember there was a discussion about a similar topic not too long ago, but I can't find it.
>
> I hope, my mail client doesn't mess with the formatting.
>
> Thanks!
>
> :wq! PoC
>
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