EA scripting query

Okay, i took a stab at this
The first two are single result EA's the third combines them

1#!/bin/bash
2loggedInUser=$(python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser; import sys; username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0]; username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]]; sys.stdout.write(username + "
3");')
4Echoing=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.dms.echo.plist echoing)
5
6#if that result is blank then
7    if [ -z "$Echoing" ]; then
8    echo "<result>No Echoing</result>"
9    else 
10#if its not blank print the result  
11    echo "<result>$Echoing</result>"
12    fi
13exit 0

1#!/bin/bash
2loggedInUser=$(python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser; import sys; username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0]; username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]]; sys.stdout.write(username + "
3");')
4echoDays=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.dms.echo.plist echoDays)
5
6
7#if that result is blank then
8    if [ -z "$echoDays" ]; then
9    echo "<result>No echoDays</result>"
10    else 
11#if its not blank print the result  
12    echo "<result>$echoDays</result>"
13    fi
14exit 0

1#!/bin/bash
2loggedInUser=$(python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser; import sys; username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0]; username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]]; sys.stdout.write(username + "
3");')
4Echoing=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.dms.echo.plist echoing)
5
6#if that result is blank then
7    if [ -z "$Echoing" ]; then
8    echoing_Result="no Echoing"
9    else 
10#if its not blank print the result  
11    echoing_Result=$Echoing
12    fi
13
14echoDays=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.dms.echo.plist echoDays)
15#if that result is blank then
16    if [ -z "$echoDays" ]; then
17    echoDays_Result="no echoDays"
18    else 
19#if its not blank print the result  
20    echoDays_Result=$echoDays
21    fi
22
23
24echo "<result> $echoing_Result & $echoDays_Result </result>"
25exit 0

Use printf it won't print a new line like echo.

So you could do

printf "<result>" then printf whatever you want, multiple values, multiple printfs. Then printf "</result>"

But the above solution works too.

Works great. Thanks guys!

I typically drop any items into a bash array in the script, and then use printf to print the array, splitting on line breaks.

1#!/bin/bash
2
3loggedInUser=$(python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser; import sys; username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0]; username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]]; sys.stdout.write(username + "
4");')
5
6if [ -e "/Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.dms.echo.plist" ]; then
7     echoDaysVal=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.dms.echo.plist echoDays)
8     echoingVal=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Desktop/com.dms.echo.plist echoing)
9
10     results=("echoDays: ${echoDaysVal}" "echoing: ${echoingVal}")
11
12     echo "<result>$(printf '%s
13' "${results[@]}")</result>"
14else
15     echo "<result>No results</result>"
16fi

That will or should show 2 lines for the results. What you need to keep in mind is that not all areas of the Jamf UI are able to show multiple lines for EAs or other items, so your results here may vary. in some places it may show up as one line, not two. Jamf also has an odd track record of enabling, then breaking this functionality. Some versions may not display multiple lines and others might.

I've never used arrays but now you've got me interested @mm2270