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I have a systemd unit with spaces in an argument
ExecStart=command --argument="text text"
It seems that systemd does not recognize the double or single quotes and it splits up the argument into two arguments. Any idea how I can prevent that? I am using systemd v218 within CoreOS.
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11. Which is the correct way of handling arguments with spaces? Explanation: One can use either single or double quotes to handle command line argument with spaces in-between.
This option is mandatory for services where Type=dbus . ExecStart. The commands and arguments executed when the service starts. ExecStartPre, ExecStartPost. Additional commands that are executed before or after the command in ExecStart .
To check a service's status, use the systemctl status service-name command. I like systemd's status because of the detail given. For example, in the above listing, you see the full path to the unit file, the status, the start command, and the latest status changes.
systemd only seems to recognize quotes which fully wrap arguments; i.e.
ExecStart=command "--argument=text text"
works but
ExecStart=command --argument="text text"
does not. I just ran into this issue and filed #624 about it.
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This is actually surprisingly difficult to do, unfortunately. I stole this info from this answer. The only way to do it is to put your arguments in an environment file and then use them as variables as such (like in /etc/.progconfig):
ARG1=text
ARG2=text
Then import the environment file before running your command:
EnvironmentFile=/etc/.progconf
ExecStart = command $ARG1 $ARG2
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