Shell action can't parse element like '&&' correctly

[jiengup]

As in https://github.com/matryer/xbar-plugins/blob/main/Dev/Homebrew/brew-updates.1h.rb#L306 if writing in ruby like:

if all_casks.size.positive?
            cmds << '&&' if cmds.size.positive?
            cmds += [brew_path, 'upgrade', '--cask'] +
                    all_casks.map(&:name)
          end

          printer.item(
            "⬆️ Upgrade All (#{all_formulas.size + all_casks.size})",
            terminal: true, refresh: true,
            bash: (cmds + post_commands).flatten
          )

then the shell will run like this:

/opt/homebrew/bin/brew upgrade --formula c-ares cmake coreutils d2 fd
 gawk gcc git-lfs go gperftools lf libpthread-stubs libssh lua mpfr node openssl
@1.1 python@3.11 qemu smartmontools texinfo tree typst wimlib yarn '&&' /opt/homebrew/bin/brew upgrade --cask ipatool

however zsh can not accept '&&' as && or ';' as ; and raise an error.

[melonamin]

@jiengup I'm not sure what is the question here.

You can either rewrite the plugin to generate a zsh compatable script, or switch execution in SwiftBar from zsh to bash.

[jiengup]

@jiengup I'm not sure what is the question here.

You can either rewrite the plugin to generate a zsh compatable script, or switch execution in SwiftBar from zsh to bash.

I think it may be that swiftbar's string parser does something like "add quotas between some specific string"? Cause when I choice "run in terminal" and get something like

--⬆️ Upgrade All (26) | terminal="true" refresh="true" bash="/opt/homebrew/bin/brew" param1="upgrade" param2="--formula" param3="c-ares" param4="cmake" param5="coreutils" param6="d2" param7="fd" param8="gawk" param9="gcc" param10="git-lfs" param11="go" param12="gperftools" param13="lf" param14="libpthread-stubs" param15="libssh" param16="lua" param17="mpfr" param18="node" param19="openssl@1.1" param20="python@3.11" param21="qemu" param22="smartmontools" param23="texinfo" param24="tree" param25="typst" param26="wimlib" param27="yarn" param28="&&" param29="/opt/homebrew/bin/brew" param30="upgrade" param31="--cask" param32="ipatool"

Please notice param28 above But when I click this ⬆️ Upgrade All (26) in menubar, the terminal will run:

/opt/homebrew/bin/brew upgrade --formula c-ares cmake coreutils d2 fd
gawk gcc git-lfs go gperftools lf libpthread-stubs libssh lua mpfr node openssl@
1.1 python@3.11 qemu smartmontools texinfo tree typst wimlib yarn '&&' /opt/homebrew/bin/brew upgrade --cask ipatool

Plese notice '&&' above, other params can be parsed without ', which work perfectly. And the shell will not recognize this expression and take '&&' as some kind of parameters then fail to run.

Please tell me if I'm mistaken on this issue and if it's because of some features of zsh or ruby language.

[melonamin]

Ah, got it. Sorry, early morning comment:)

Yeah, you're right, this is might be quating\escaping I've added in the latest release, let me look into it.

[melonamin]

@jiengup can you check if beta build fixes this?

[jiengup]

@melonamin Yep, I just install beta build and test it. It works perfectly. Nice job! I'll keep using this beta version and give feedback. Thank you for getting back to me.

[jiengup]

@melonamin Sorry, I found it will not work perfectly when I write in python like

bash="/usr/bin/vim", param1="~/.vimrc"

Swiftbar will produce output /usr/bin/vim "~/.vimrc" and vim will take it as a directory instead of a normal file.

I think it's related to this issue.

[incanus]

I came here after digging around with the same issue, formerly-working && in params now not working in 2.0. Using the beta build fixes it for me, too.