Shell steps (sh, bat) in Jenkins - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to run a shell command in a Jenkins pipeline.

Jenkins

pipeline {
  agent any
  stages {
    stage('Example') {
      steps {
        [1] 'echo Hello World'
      }
    }
  }
}

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Abat

Bpowershell

Cscript

Dsh

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'bat' on Unix agents causes errors.

Using 'powershell' without Windows agent.

The sh step runs shell commands on Unix-like agents in Jenkins pipelines.

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medium

Complete the code to run a Windows batch command in a Jenkins pipeline.

Jenkins

pipeline {
  agent any
  stages {
    stage('Build') {
      steps {
        [1] 'dir'
      }
    }
  }
}

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Apowershell

Bsh

Cbat

Dcmd

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'sh' on Windows agents without a Unix shell.

Using 'cmd' which is not a Jenkins pipeline step.

The bat step runs Windows batch commands in Jenkins pipelines.

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hard

Fix the error in the Jenkins pipeline code to run a shell command.

Jenkins

pipeline {
  agent any
  stages {
    stage('Test') {
      steps {
        [1] "echo Testing"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Ash

Bscript

Cpowershell

Dbat

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'bat' on Unix agents.

Using 'powershell' without Windows.

Use sh to run shell commands on Unix-like agents. Using bat causes errors on non-Windows agents.

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hard

Fill both blanks to run a shell command and a batch command in the same Jenkins pipeline stage.

Jenkins

pipeline {
  agent any
  stages {
    stage('Multi') {
      steps {
        [1] 'echo Unix command'
        [2] 'dir'
      }
    }
  }
}

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Ash

Bpowershell

Cbat

Dscript

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'bat' for shell commands.

Using 'powershell' instead of 'bat' for batch commands.

Use sh for shell commands and bat for batch commands in Jenkins pipelines.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a map of commands with their respective Jenkins steps.

Jenkins

def commands = [
  build: [1] 'make build',
  test: [2] 'pytest',
  clean: [3] 'rm -rf build'
]

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Ash

Bbat

Dpowershell

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'powershell' where not needed.

Mixing up 'sh' and 'bat' steps.

Use sh for Unix shell commands and bat for Windows batch commands in Jenkins pipelines.