Shell command - python script in bash script does not receive arguments

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1

[SOLVED] simple extra arguement that should not have been there.

I have a Hass script that calls a shell command which calls a bash script which calls a python script, which is failing.

if I comment everything out of the bash script except the python line, I can trigger it from HASS.
So the bash script and HASS config is correct.

If I call the same bash script directly from the terminal, everything works.

if I try the full workflow I get an error in HASS, simply saying failed.

going back to my bash script and adding “&>> file” to the end I can see an error message I made in the python script meaning the arguments are wrong/invalid/missing.

HASS config:

shell_command:
  start_projector: /bin/bash /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/scripts/startProjector.sh

script:
  start_projector:
    alias: Star Projector
    sequence:
      - service: shell_command.start_projector

bash script:

#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0
/usr/bin/python2.7 /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/scripts/ProjectorComms.py -i 192.168.1.10 -p 9999 -m "POWER" -v &>> /home/homeassistant/log.txt

python script:

........some stuff...............

try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],"i:p:m:",["ip=:","port=:","msg=:"])
except getopt.GetoptError:
        print ("Failed to supply: ProjectorComms.py -i <projectorIPaddress> -p <port> -m <message>")
        sys.exit(2)
for opt, arg in opts:

........some stuff...............

log file:

Failed to supply: ProjectorComms.py -i <projectorIPaddress> -p <port> -m <message>
2

have you tried to amend your bash script to look like this:

test=$(/usr/bin/python2.7 /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/scripts/ProjectorComms.py -i 192.168.1.10 -p 9999 -m "POWER" -v &>> /home/homeassistant/log.txt)
3

I don’t remember if it does this, but is getopt complaining that the -v is not understood?

4

That didn’t work.

I tried:

test=$(command)
echo $test >> log

and all I got was

Failed need to supply: ProjectorComms.py -i <projectorIPaddress> -p <port> -m <message>

followed by a blank line

5

test would normally get the command result, it’s not a variable to use and run.
It was worth a shot :wink:

6

you might be on to something here.
the -v is not meant to be there, that was me trying to figure out which python I was using.
original command was just
python Script.py

7

I was expecting a 1 (or 0)

disclaimer: self taught linux, this is my first time with python

8

yep, solved. Thank you for pointing this out.

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