This is the fact that I use Facter.add("java_version") do setcode do `/usr/bin/java -version 2>&1`.split("\n")[0].split('"')[1] end end
Steven Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:50:24 +0000 From: y...@comcast.net To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Using Facter to find the Java version running on the machine java -version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | cut -f2 -d'"' Apparently, the output goes to stderr ! “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) From: "Craig White" <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:14:14 PM Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Using Facter to find the Java version running on the machine On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Camerodity wrote: > Hello all, > > I am currently trying to setup a Custom Fact that will can be used to > determine the version of the Java JRE running on a machine, in order to use > it in my manifests to ensure the proper JARS are distribured based on > environment. I'm trying to use the java -version command and then capture the > JRE release (eg "1.6.0_37"). No matter what I have tried, the output is > always the full display from the Java -version command. Has anyone done this > or something similar before? Any suggestions? ---- don't know about the java command but I suspect some variation of this will do it. (%x[ ] captures the output of command(s) executed within the square brackets) Facter.add("ruby_version") do setcode do ruby_version = "unknown" rubypath = %x[facter rubysitedir] ruby_version = %x[ruby -v | cut -f2 -d ' '] ruby_version end end Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.