[NIFI-3221] ExecuteStreamCommand filters out any double quotes when parsing the "Command Arguments"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.0
• Assignee: Otto Fowler
• Reporter: Joe Percivall
• Created: 16/Dec/16 20:17
• Updated: 15/May/19 22:00
• Resolved: 15/May/19 19:20

Description

Brought up on the mailing list[1], the ExecuteStreamCommand attempts to intelligently parse the "Command Arguments" by automatically detecting double quotes (") and treating those within double quotes as a single argument[2]. This is a nice feature but has the unfortunate side-effect of filtering out all double quotes.

It should instead take into account when the double quote is escaped: \"

[1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/nifi-users/201612.mbox/browser
[2] https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/e12e7a55b75f5e358bdbcea79be9baba77532f94/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/util/ArgumentUtils.java#L60-L60

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: NIFI-6109 Execute Stream Command for python script- issue with JSON as command line argument
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3396