Bash problem

[tttienthinh]

I would like to use Pandoc as follow :
pandoc {{file_path:absolute}} -o {{folder_path:absolute}}/{{title}}.pdf

I am on Ubuntu.
When I use Environment Linux (Use system default (sh)) : It returns error EscapeValue() : Unrecognised shell: sh
When I use Environment Linux (BASH) : It returns error pdflatex not found

[Taitava]

When I use Environment Linux (Use system default (sh)) : It returns error EscapeValue() : Unrecognised shell: sh

Thank you for letting me know of this! 🙂 It's a bug and I created a new issue for it: #281 . Edit 2022-11-26: It's now fixed.

When I use Environment Linux (BASH) : It returns error pdflatex not found

Probably the exeution process created by the Shell commands plugin does not know the path to pdflatex. Can you please try these steps:

1. Open up a normal terminal and execute which pdflatex. This should give you an absolute path to pdflatex from the beginning of the filesystem. If not, please let me know.
2. Use the Add directories to the PATH environment variable setting to introduce the path to SC.

Does it work now? 🙂

[tttienthinh]

Yes I have tested it : which pdflatex gives me /usr/bin/pdflatex
Inside the Linux PATH additions I have added /home/tttienthinh/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin and I have also added [...]:/snap/bin:/usr/bin/pdflatex
But always the same problem.
I have added the switch case "sh" to obsidian-shellcommands/main.js it is now returning the same error than with bash.

Thank you for you quick response ! Hope you will be able to continue to help me. 🙂
And thank you for all your work.

[Taitava]

Just I don't know if you noticed it : which pandoc gives me APP/bin/pandoc,
Not USR/bin/pandoc

I didn't notice it. What happens if you run the following two commands in a normal terminal:

/app/bin/pandoc {{file_path:absolute}} -o {{folder_path:absolute}}/{{title}}.pdf
/usr/bin/pandoc {{file_path:absolute}} -o {{folder_path:absolute}}/{{title}}.pdf

(You need to replace the {{file_path:absolute}}, {{folder_path:absolute}} and {{title}} variables manually with the correct paths before executing the commands.)

Do both of them give the same result? Or does /app/bin/pandoc give a different result?

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Also, I'd like to check if you happen to be running a different shell in Obsidian than what you have in your normal terminal. Can you execute this command:

echo "Your shell is: "$(readlink /proc/$$/exe)

1. Execute this using the SC plugin and having System default (sh) defined as your shell in the plugin's settings.
2. Also execute the same command in a normal terminal, so we'll see if the shells are different for some reason.

[tttienthinh]

1 SC plugin and having System default (sh)

/app/bin/pandoc test.md -o test.pdf -> pdflatex not found
/usr/bin/pandoc test.md -o test.pdf -> \bin\sh: /usr/bin/pandoc: No such file or directory
echo "Your shell is: "$(readlink /proc/$$/exe) -> Nothing happen
nautilus -> \bin\sh: nautilus: Command not found

2 Normal Terminal

/app/bin/pandoc test.md -o test.pdf -> bash: /app/bin/pandoc: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/pandoc test.md -o test.pdf -> It works well
echo "Your shell is: "$(readlink /proc/$$/exe) -> Your shell is: /usr/bin/bash
nautilus -> It opens my Files Explorer in Home

Thank you very much for your help, I am trying to be as clear as possible !

[tttienthinh]

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[Taitava]

Thank you and sorry for my delayed reply! I had a flu during the past week, so wasn't able to do anything on this project.

I don't have much time right now, so I'll come back later. But seems odd that the file /usr/bin/pandoc is not available when a command is executed via the plugin, but it does exist when executing via normal terminal. 🤔

[Taitava]

1 SC plugin and having System default (sh)

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echo "Your shell is: "$(readlink /proc/$$/exe) -> Nothing happen

Ah, I forgot to instruct you to set the output channel to e.g. Notification balloon. The output is ignored by default, so that's why nothing happened. Or, if you have the SC settings panel open, you can hold Ctrl while clicking Execute now icon to make output be shown in a modal.

Let's see if we can get the shell's name this way. If it's something else than bash, it might explain why things work differently when commands are executed via the plugin.