Provided by: rex_1.14.3-1_all 
NAME
Rex::Commands::Run - Execute a remote command
DESCRIPTION
With this module you can run a command.
SYNOPSIS
my $output = run 'ls -l';
sudo 'id';
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Please note that Rex may set the "PATH" environment variable when executing commands on the user's behalf
to a different value compared to executing the same commands manually. The following are available to
control the related behavior:
path command
set_path configuration option
no_path_cleanup feature flag
source_profile feature flag
source_global_profile feature flag
EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
run($command [, $callback], %options)
This function will execute the given $command and returns the output. In scalar context it returns the
raw output as is, and in list context it returns the list of output lines. The exit value of the command
is stored in the $? variable.
run 'uptime';
my $output = run 'uptime';
my @output_lines = run 'uptime';
Please note when the "tty" feature flag is enabled the combined output containing both "STDOUT" and
"STDERR" is returned via "STDOUT". When using the "no_tty" feature flag, or the 1.0 feature bundle (or
newer), then "run()" returns only the "STDOUT" output of the command.
To access separate "STDOUT" and "STDERR" output, use a callback subroutine, for example:
run 'uptime', sub {
my ( $stdout, $stderr ) = @_;
my $server = Rex::get_current_connection()->{server};
say "[$server] $stdout\n";
};
It also takes further options in a form of a hash. Supported options are:
cwd => $path
Sets the working directory of the executed command to $path.
only_if => $condition_command
Executes the command only if $condition_command returns success.
unless => $condition_command
Executes the command if $condition_command returns failure.
only_notified => TRUE
Queues the command to be executed later upon notification.
env => { var1 => $value1, ..., varN => $valueN }
Sets environment variables for the given command.
timeout => value
Sets the timeout for the command to be run.
auto_die => TRUE
Die if the command returns with an exit code indicating failure. It can be set globally via the
exec_autodie feature flag.
command => $command_to_run
If present, Rex will execute $command_to_run, and treat the first argument as an identifier for the
given "run()" block (e.g. to be triggered with notify).
creates => $file_to_create
Tries to create $file_to_create upon execution, and skips execution if the file already exists.
continuous_read => $callback
Calls $callback subroutine reference for each line of the command's output, passing the line as an
argument.
end_if_matched => qr{$pattern}
End execution early as soon as $pattern is detected in the command's output.
Examples:
If you only want to run a command if another command succeeds or fails, use the "only_if" or "unless"
options.
run 'some-command',
only_if => 'pgrep httpd'; # only run if httpd is running
run 'some-other-command',
unless => 'pgrep httpd'; # only run if httpd is _not_ running
If you want to set custom environment variables you can do it like this:
run 'my_command',
env => {
env_var_1 => 'the value for 1',
env_var_2 => 'the value for 2',
};
If you want to end the command upon receiving a certain output:
run 'my_command',
end_if_matched => qr{$pattern};
run($command, $arguments, %options)
This form will execute $command with the given $arguments pass as an array reference. All arguments will
be quoted by Rex with "Net::OpenSSH::ShellQuoter->quoter()" according to the managed host's shell.
run 'ls', [ '-l', '-t', '-r', '-a' ];
run 'ls', [ '/tmp', '-l' ], auto_die => TRUE;
run($command_description, command => $command, %options)
If you only want to run a command in certain cases, you can queue the command and notify it to trigger
its execution.
run 'extract-something',
command => 'tar -C /foo -xzf /tmp/foo.tgz',
only_notified => TRUE;
# some code ...
notify 'run', 'extract-something'; # now the command gets executed
can_run($command)
This function checks if a command is available in the path. It accepts a list of commands, and returns
the full path to the first command found.
task 'uptime', sub {
if ( my $cmd = can_run( 'uptime', 'downtime' ) ) {
say run $cmd;
}
};
sudo
Run a single command, a code block, or all commands with "sudo". You need perl to be available on the
remote systems to use "sudo".
Depending on your remote sudo configuration, you may need to define a sudo password with sudo_password
first:
sudo_password 'my_sudo_password'; # hardcoding
Or alternatively, since Rexfile is plain perl, you can read the password from terminal at the start:
use Term::ReadKey;
print 'I need sudo password: ';
ReadMode('noecho');
sudo_password ReadLine(0);
ReadMode('restore');
Similarly, it is also possible to read it from a secret file, database, etc.
You can turn sudo on globally with:
sudo TRUE; # run _everything_ with sudo
To run only a specific command with sudo, use :
say sudo 'id'; # passing a remote command directly
say sudo { command => 'id' }; # passing anonymous hashref
say sudo { command => 'id', user => 'different' }; # run a single command with sudo as different user
To run multiple commands with "sudo", either use an anonymous code reference directly:
sudo sub {
service 'nginx' => 'restart';
say run 'id';
};
or pass it via "command" (optionally along a different user):
sudo {
command => sub {
say run 'id';
say run 'pwd', cwd => '/home/different';
},
user => 'different',
};
Note that some users receive the error "sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo". In this case you
have to disable "requiretty" for this user. You can do this in your sudoers file with the following
code:
Defaults:$username !requiretty
perl v5.36.0 2023-08-09 Rex::Commands::Run(3pm)