I have a file named volumes with the list of volumes, separated by space. Here is an example of the file content
vol-0e9cd38819c7a6cb8 vol-0baba5cee0c7fc89a vol-0e7fae905aaffe3a1
I can delete all of them by using this loop in sh:
for volume in $(cat volumes); do; aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id $volume; done
But when I try to do it inside of the Jenkinsfile like this:
sh "for volume in \$(cat volumes); do; aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id \$volume; done"
I get the following error:
syntax error near unexpected token `;'
I’ve tried to escape the characters in different ways and also different types of the sh block, but it doesn’t help, I still get the same error.
Please help me to resolve this issue.
>Solution :
There is no ; after do. It’s:
for volume in $(cat volumes); do aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id $volume; done
for i in $(cat is an anti pattern. https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/001 . In this case I would use xargs.
xargs -n1 aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id < volumes