Build only when a file contains specific text

Question

I would like to know how to continue with a build only when a file contains specific text?

I want the build to fail if the text is incorrect, otherwise continue with build.

what does your Jenkinsfile look like so far? what have you tried? — burnettk, May 03 '17 at 22:43
File is on a vm in which the job is configured to run. I have a shell script to check the contents. — kumar, May 03 '17 at 22:58
Does this answer your question? [Fail Jenkins pipeline stage if some file contains specific strings](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55301993/fail-jenkins-pipeline-stage-if-some-file-contains-specific-strings) — rüff0, Sep 28 '21 at 02:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '17 at 23:47

update your script to return a nonzero exit status when the file doesn't contain the text. run your shell script via an sh step like this:

sh '/path/to/your/script_that_checks_another_file_for_certain_text.sh'

full pipeline:

pipeline {
  agent { label 'docker' }
  stages {
    stage('build') {
      steps {
        sh '/path/to/your/script_that_checks_another_file_for_certain_text.sh'
        echo 'this will not happen if the above script returns a bad exit status'
      }
    }
  }
}

Build only when a file contains specific text

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