[SOLVED] Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string while calling shell in Jenkins

Issue

In Jenkins I'm calling a python script to do some magic actions. The pipeline is in production state for some time now and suddenly for one developer branch I'm getting

Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

constanly this Error in Jenkins.

The causing snippet seems to be this one:

sh """
        . .venv/bin/activate
        python3 -m some_python_package.some_sub_package.script --stage update_something \
            --api PROD '$SOME_ID' '$SOME_TOKEN' --user_id ${env.CHANGE_AUTHOR_DISPLAY_NAME} --file_list ${validFilePath} 2>&1 | tee output/log.txt
"""

I already tried different escaping methods, but also this one did not help, same error message remains:

sh """
        . .venv/bin/activate
        python3 -m some_python_package.some_sub_package.script --stage update_something \
            --api PROD \'$SOME_ID\' \'$SOME_TOKEN\' --user_id ${env.CHANGE_AUTHOR_DISPLAY_NAME} --file_list ${validFilePath} 2>&1 | tee output/log.txt
"""

Solution

Actually a very stupid case. As mentioned by @pmod one of the variables in file_list had a ' contained in a string, which messed up the shell comand... So the shell comand in the Jenkins file was correct, but I have to take care that the input values are correct as well in future

Answered By - Scf_suedbaden

Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)