When I tried to execute a command to change permissions for a WMF user, code failed with
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(
I think that token ( came from my wiki username - PMiazga_(WMF).
How to replicate error:
pmiazga@deploy2002:~$ echo "(test)"
(test)
pmiazga@deploy2002:~$ mwscript-k8s --comment="T378402" -- CentralAuth:addToGlobalGroup.php --wiki metawiki —user “PMiazga_(WMF)” —group “oathauth-tester” —reason “T378402 - Testing 2FA”
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | dancy | T392693 Drop support for Debian Buster | |||
| Resolved | Clement_Goubert | T341560 Migrate mwmaint server functionality to mw-on-k8s | |||
| Resolved | RLazarus | T341553 Allow running one-off scripts manually | |||
| Invalid | None | T385818 mwscript-k8s fails when there are parenthesis used in arguments |
@pmiazga you have weird quotes in your command line:
$ echo “PMiazga_(WMF)” -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' $ echo "PMiazga_(WMF)" PMiazga_(WMF)
I don't know how you ended up with a “ character in your shell prompt but this works
deploy2002:~$ mwscript-k8s --comment='T378402' -- CentralAuth:addToGlobalGroup.php --wiki metawiki —user 'PMiazga_(WMF)' —group 'oathauth-tester' —reason 'T378402 - Testing 2FA' ⏳ Starting CentralAuth:addToGlobalGroup.php on Kubernetes as job mw-script.codfw.mj8katcn ...
Sorry, those have to probably copy and paste quirks on macos :/. Quite often I use an editor to prepare the entire command and then paste it.
You're correct - something changed the double quotes and I missed that. I should be using C-xC-e instead.
Sorry to bother you, let me close this as invalid.