How to use bash variable in Azure CLI

Question

I am trying to use a bash variable (ID in the below script) in azure CLI command. but seems its not working and throwing below error:

usage error --scope: must be a fully qualified ARM ID.

The error is happening on line az policy assignment list --scope $ID

I have verified by echoing the ID variable and its outputting correctly which is:

"/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/test-management-group"

What i am doing wrong here?

Full script is here:

MGS=$(az account management-group list)
for (( i = 0; i < ${#MGS[@]}; i++ )) 
do 
    ID=$(echo $MGS | jq .[$i].id)
    echo $ID
    az policy assignment list --scope $ID
done

@Cyrus its a json which i parsing using jq. length is returning correctly as well as the id property. that i can confirm. — Rezoan, Jan 17 '21 at 17:42
@oguzismail -r is working. what is this -r. :). i would definitely check and thank you. — Rezoan, Jan 17 '21 at 17:48
`MGS` is a *JSON* array, not a shell array. You need to iterate over the output of `jq '.[].id'`, something like `for ID in $(jq '.[].id'); do az policy assignment list --scope $ID; done`. — chepner, Jan 17 '21 at 17:54
Does `az` support JMESPath expressions? You may not need to use `jq` or any shell iteration at all. — chepner, Jan 17 '21 at 17:55
Without -r, JQ encodes strings as JSON strings and wraps double-quotes around them. — oguz ismail, Jan 17 '21 at 17:57
@oguzismail i would have know that before. Thanks man. much appreciated. — Rezoan, Jan 17 '21 at 17:58
What's the latest news about your question? Do you solve it yourself or with my solution? Just give the updates. — Charles Xu, Jan 20 '21 at 07:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 02:42

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The suitable bash script example here:

for id in $(az account management-group list --query [].id -o tsv)
do
    echo "Management Group ID: $id"
    az policy assignment list --scope $id
done

answered Jan 18 '21 at 02:42

Charles Xu

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i need the full arraylist and object from the query. its not about getting only the id by query. Anyway i have to use a -r after the jq to solve the issue. see comment from oguz ismail – Rezoan Jan 20 '21 at 10:35
@Rezoan Does you mean you already solve it yourself? Or you can give all the requirements, I can give the help if you need. – Charles Xu Jan 21 '21 at 01:31
Thanks man. much appreciated. i have solved it. – Rezoan Jan 21 '21 at 06:59
@Rezoan Cheers to yourself！ – Charles Xu Jan 21 '21 at 07:02

How to use bash variable in Azure CLI

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