Making a Bamboo Script execute using /bin/bash

[dustingooding]

I need to run a script using /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh, but I'm not seeing a way to do that.

In the logs, I see that /bin/sh is used to execute my script. In my script, I print out the $SHELL variable, and nothing shows up on the screen. So, I assume it's /bin/sh that's being used to run the script... but I can't confirm it. Putting #!/bin/bash at the top of my script doesn't help.

The reason I need to use /bin/bash is that a process I need to start requires a set of environment variables to be set using a an inline function (e.g., source `rosstack find orocos_toolchain`/env.sh) but I don't believe /bin/sh supports that, or the source call.

[Colin Goudie · Accepted solution]

You should be able to add a new builder from the builders admin menu {URL}/admin/agent/viewBuilders.action

e.g. on our Bamboo instance our Bash builder uses /bin/bash

[JulioAmerica]

Good Day

I currently have this problem and not sure where to find this builders admin menu.  Our system actually runs on bin\ksh but bin\bash will do for this instance as we just need a script to run

Could you possibly send a screenshot.

I am using Bamboo:

Bamboo version information
Version5.11.1.1
Build number51117
Build date 4/28/16

Please help

[John Gill]

In Bamboo 6.1 you can add a script command and have it run in sh or bash or ps. 

Not sure if this helps since you're on 5.11 

The solution above was for Bamboo Cloud. 

[Jonathan Loesch]

The accepted answer works if you are running a "command" task from bamboo (i.e. execute a script file).

If you are trying to run a "script" task, which is just running an inline script, you can try putting this snippet at the top to force it to execute in bash. It's a hack, but it worked for me:

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$(ps -p "$$" -o comm=)" != "bash" ]; then
    # Taken from http://unix-linux.questionfor.info/q_unix-linux-programming_85038.html
    bash "$0" "$@"
    exit "$?"
fi

[samfulton]

Champion! worked for me

[Jerry Henley]

Very nice! Thanks!

[Kevin Ross]

Woohoo! Thanks. You would expect this to be simpler with bamboo....Atlassian, are you listening?

[Frank Weindel]

No. Atlassian has no time for small fundamental details

[Frank Weindel]

This really sucks when you have to bootstrap it in 30 different script tasks.

[ABA]

I was able to achieve this by adding below to my script itself

#!/bin/bash

[JulioAmerica]

Tried this but did not work for me

[Aaron Yang]

Doesn't work, my Bamboo version is 6.9.2.

[Jurgen Schober]

if you use git/sh use 

#!C:\PROGRA~1\Git\bin\sh.exe

in your shebang line (first line in inline script)

It's an absolute path. You can run any interpreter this way (cygwin/mingw). Please note: no spaces in the file name!

[Cintia Calvo]

In Bamboo < 5.13, on the agents, if the non-login shell is bash, it should work adding the she-bang on script tasks. 

You can achieve that by linking /bin/sh to /bin/bash, instead of /bin/dash or whatever.

From 5.13, it should work regardless of your non-login shell.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-5-13-release-notes-829057609.html

[JulioAmerica]

How can I achieve this without upgrading.

Currently running:

Bamboo version information
Version5.11.1.1
Build number51117
Build date4/28/16