Hi,
How to call a .sh file from UiPath??
Regards,
Anjali
Hi,
How to call a .sh file from UiPath??
Regards,
Anjali
You probably need to do it from within a Powershell script. Have a search online plenty of articles.
You can use Invoke Powershell Script from within UiPath.
Hi Anjali
As @richarddenton rightly mentioned already, you can employ PowerShell to run a bash shell script.
Feel free to revert for any clarifications.
Regards
Rajat
@rajat.pandey
I am still not clear, please check the below screenshot to get more details on what exactly I am looking for
Now, kindly suggest how I can resolve this?
Regards,
Anjali
Thank you for the details.
Here, you are trying to create a 0 kb file using touch command which is a shell based command(UNIX) hence it will not work on windows platform.
I assume that you are trying to create a new file in the ~ directory in a windows system(if linux, please specify the same) and for that you can use PowerShell.
Please refer the below mentioned command to create a new file in windows
> New-Item c:\user1\AnEmptyFile.txt -ItemType file
Mention the same command in the Invoke Powershell activity and do change the path of the file as per your requirement.
Feel free to revert for any further clarifications.
Regards
Rajat
The command which you have given is running fine, but I need to run a shell command.
Can you please suggest how can I do the same?
Regards,
Anjali
Have tried using âStart Processâ with the .sh file in the arguments? I know you can run other scripts like batch and vbscripts with that method.
You could probably use Powershell too. Just look up the syntax and create a .ps1 file to call that runs your .sh file.
Hi Rajat,
I am having issues getting UiPath to run Win10 native bash commands.Screenshots show bash works from the command line, works invoked from an AutoHotkey script, but fails from a UiPath workflow. Any help you can give me getting going with it would be great.
Iâm afraid I should have logged more of my results, but on several occasions PowerShell (invoked from a workflow) asked for a Windows Credential. Stepping through workflows, the Output window has on some occasion shown that bash is not recognized as a command. This leads me to believe I may have to give UiPath permission to access bash, but I have not found anything in the forum or StackOverflow yet to suggest how to do it.
I believe that any workflow that would simply execute âbash -c lsâ would get me most of the way there, be it from âStart Processâ, âRun Power Shell Scriptâ, or anything.
The Microsoft docs on security policies and local Win10 accounts are sufficiently opaque to me that Iâve not been able to determine whether I need to set a security policy for UiPath to use bash or not.
Hereâs some screenshots:
Okay, bash works âŚ
Calling a bash script from an AutoHotkey script works âŚ
But UiPath canât, apparently, access it as I have it configured.
Once again, thanks for your help. Also, Richard, Clayton, any thoughts?
Regards,
burque505
Have you checked if bash.exe is located in the System32 folder? Maybe itâs in a different folder? I would look for the physical .exe file you want to call, then use the fullpath. If you canât find it, then Iâm not sure.
Thanks, Clayton, itâs where itâs supposed to be (System32). Calling the fullpath doesnât work from UiPath either âŚ
My suspicion (from the screen shot saying the command isnât recognized) is still that UiPath on my system doesnât have access to bash (it obviously has access to System32). If I can figure out if this link can help maybe I can get there. Iâm pretty new to Win10, and so far I havenât been able to get âfull controlâ for bash security policy applied to Administrator, even though I changed the owner from âTrusted Installerâ to âAdministratorâ. Still trying . At least itâs a worthwhile exercise.
regards
burque505
What if you create a powershell (.ps1) file and call that which calls the commandline?
invoke-expression âcmd bash -c lsâ
or
invoke-expression âcmd âc:\windows\system32\bash.exeâ -c lsâ
Then call the Powershell.
Thanks, Clayton, no joy so far.
The script âscript6.ps1â is:
invoke-expression "bash -c ls"
See screenshots.
From UiPath, running my workflow that executes this:
Not only does UiPath not see bash, it doesnât recognize the Set-ExecutionPolicy I have in place. So something is out of kilter for security policies for UiPath, I think. Iâll keep trying, and thanks!
Edit: Hereâs what my UiPath program had to say when I passed âpowershell Get-ExecutionPolicy -listâ:
From the prompt:
regards,
burque505
I see you did invoke-expression "bash -c lsâ. Did you try it with cmd? like invoke-expression "cmd bash -c lsâ
Oh well. I wish I was an expert on this stuff!
Regards.
Thanks, Clayton, invoke-expression âcmd /c bash -c lsâ also works from the PS prompt, but fails in UiPath.
regards,
burque505
I think Iâm beating a dead horse here.
UiStudio is 32-bit. C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe is 64-bit and does NOT have a corresponding executable in SysWOW64.
I guess itâs Cygwin or Git bash for now - I havenât tried Cygwin lately but Git bash works fine.
Hereâs a shot from the file selection dialog from the Start Process activity:
No bash
From File Explorer:
Yes bash
Regards,
burque505
But the dead horse whimpers:
Requirements:
Workflows, executable, test.csv and sample scripts included in zip file.
BashingIt.zip (1.9 MB)
Best of luck, all feedback appreciated.
Regards,
burque505