java -version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | cut -f2 -d'"' Apparently, the output goes to stderr !
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig White" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:14:14 PM Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Using Facter to find the Java version running on the machine On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Camerodity wrote: > Hello all, > > I am currently trying to setup a Custom Fact that will can be used to > determine the version of the Java JRE running on a machine, in order to use > it in my manifests to ensure the proper JARS are distribured based on > environment. I'm trying to use the java -version command and then capture the > JRE release (eg "1.6.0_37"). No matter what I have tried, the output is > always the full display from the Java -version command. Has anyone done this > or something similar before? Any suggestions? ---- don't know about the java command but I suspect some variation of this will do it. (%x[ ] captures the output of command(s) executed within the square brackets) Facter.add("ruby_version") do setcode do ruby_version = "unknown" rubypath = %x[facter rubysitedir] ruby_version = %x[ruby -v | cut -f2 -d ' '] ruby_version end end Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
