Getting HA config error for having more than 1 shell_command

Configuration
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Hi,

I wanted to create two shell commands as below:

shell_command:

  • setcam5overlay: ‘/scripts/setcam5overlay.sh {{ states.sensor.nursery_11_1.state }} {{ states.sensor.nursery_11_0.state }}’
  • poll_locations: ‘ssh [email protected] /scripts/poll_locations.sh’

But this is an error message I’m getting in the log file:

17-02-25 14:27:47 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Invalid config for [shell_command]: expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data[‘shell_command’]. Got [OrderedDict([(‘setcam5overlay’, ‘/scripts/setcam5overlay.sh {{ states.sensor.nursery_11_1.state }} {{ states.sensor.nursery_11_0.state }}’)]), OrderedDict([(‘polllocation s’, ‘ssh [email protected] /scripts/poll_locations.sh’)])]. (See /home/hass1user/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 242). Please check the docs at https://home-a ssistant.io/components/shell_command/

Any idea why I’m getting this? Thanks!

2

Shell_command indentation is not being displayed correctly here, but I do have two leading spaces before each shell command.

3

As per the big blue banner at the top of every forum page, you can use the code blocks (preformatted text) to ensure things are displayed correctly.

That said, a quick test suggests that the issue is that it’s not expecting the dashes (see here for some details on the differences).

Try:

shell_command:
  setcam5overlay: '/scripts/setcam5overlay.sh {{ states.sensor.nursery_11_1.state }} {{ states.sensor.nursery_11_0.state }}'
  poll_locations: 'ssh [email protected] /scripts/poll_locations.sh'
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That worked. Thanks!