Maven param that contains spaces in jenkins declarative pipeline

Question

Let's say that we have a jenkins pipeline that at some point we execute a maven parameterized build:

sh "mvn clean install -DparameterType=${parameter}"

What if the parameter's value contained spaces? Eg the value was "test param".

When running on IDE, this of course works:

mvn clean install -DparameterType="test param"

But if we do sth similar inside the pipeline, like

sh "mvn clean install -DparameterType=\"${parameter}\""

or

sh "mvn clean install -DparameterType=""${parameter}""

it doesn't and the param is passed like

-DparameterType=test param

which is not good for maven. Any ideas please?

Have you tried to use `'` single quotes instead... `"mvn clean install -DparameterType='${parameter}'"` — khmarbaise, May 29 '21 at 17:06
@khmarbaise yes of course. directly and by escaping the single quotes. Didn't work :/ — gandalf_the_cool, May 29 '21 at 17:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '21 at 07:23

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You can try using:

 sh """
 mvn clean install -DparameterType=\"${parameter}\"
 """

answered May 30 '21 at 07:23

Altaf

@gandalf_the_cool : 3 as shown in the example – Altaf May 30 '21 at 18:52
@gandalf_the_cool : can you just do an echo and test .``sh(script "echo \" ${PARAMETER}\"")`` – Altaf May 31 '21 at 05:59

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