Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes: > On Thursday, 18 Mar 2021 at 14:21, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Thanks for point out using 'header-args;' as property. However, if I do >> the following, the variable is unset in the shell script: > > Works for me. > > Make sure you reload properties by hitting C-c C-c on the property line > (or some other #+ meta line in the file). Also, you will need to put > the value of the user variable in "quotes", i.e. user="loris", for some > reason.
OK, works for me, too now. The quotes were the important thing, thanks. For future me and the future in general, would it be a good idea to add an example to https://orgmode.org/manual/Using-Header-Arguments.html which illustrates the difference between strings and numbers, e.g. #+property: header-args:sh :var user="loris" fails=3 temp=17.1 #+begin_src sh echo user ${user} echo fails ${fails} echo temp ${temp} #+end_src #+RESULTS: | user | loris | | fails | 3 | | temp | 17.1 | ? Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction.
