Passing arguments to Bash Script to use with a command

Question

I have an iOS Build command on Mac and I want to create a script that will receive arguments like iOS version, Device etc and run a build with it. For some reason I am unable to pass the arguments successfully from the cmd to the script itself. Here's the script:

#!/usr/bin/env node
DEVICENAME="iPhone 5s"
OS="9"
xcodebuild -scheme MyScheme -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 5s,OS=9.2' -project /Users/etc/etc/Application.xcodeproj

I tried substituting like this:

xcodebuild -scheme MyScheme -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=$DEVICENAME,OS=$OS' -project /Users/etc/etc/Application.xcodeproj

And like this:

xcodebuild -scheme MyScheme -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=${DEVICENAME},OS=${OS}' -project /Users/etc/etc/Application.xcodeproj

Neither works and I can't seem to find a fix online. Anybody knows what should I do here?

This is the difference between single and double quotes.

Etan Reisner
– Etan Reisner

2015-12-27 22:50:28 +00:00
Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 22:50 — Etan Reisner
– Etan Reisner, Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 22:50

stek29 · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-27 17:31:18Z

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Bash doesn't put variables in single quotes, so it should be:

xcodebuild -scheme MyScheme -destination "platform=iOS Simulator,name=$DEVICENAME,OS=$OS" -project /Users/etc/etc/Application.xcodeproj

answered Dec 27, 2015 at 17:31

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Pavel Zagalsky Over a year ago

Thanks! I'll try this once I'm near my computer

Pavel Zagalsky Over a year ago

When I run the command in the Mac shell I run it with single quotes. Will it work with double quotes as well?

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