Groovy execute command with quotes

Question

Looking for a way how to run the simple command in groovy (using in jenkins) with quotes inside.

My code is:

"grep 'text ' /tmp/test.txt".execute()

I want to grep all lines with text (and space after it).

But as a result I'm always getting grep of "text" only (without the space). Actually groovy for some reason drops my quotes.

Possible duplicate of [groovy execute with parameters containing spaces](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/786160/groovy-execute-with-parameters-containing-spaces) — doelleri, Jul 31 '17 at 14:18

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '17 at 12:34

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Groovy doesn't handle quotes well. Instead you can use the array form:

['grep', 'text ', '/tmp/test.txt'].execute().text

answered Jul 31 '17 at 12:34

John

You saved my day, thanks! Also, `print [...].exectute().text` doesn't work. I needed to define a variable. – Vladimir Vlasov Jun 27 '18 at 10:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 31 '17 at 12:46

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Try the following:

def res = ['grep', 'text ', 'test.txt'].execute( null, new File( '/tmp/' ) ).text

edited Jul 31 '17 at 12:46

bdkosher

answered Jul 31 '17 at 12:27

Mike W

your example is equivalent to `grep text test.txt` and i need it to be `grep 'text' test.txt` – user2988257 Aug 03 '17 at 10:04

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