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# executeCommand

> Executes commands/scripts on an EBS Instance. Use this operation when you need to execute commands like compile all forms , download AOL from EBS inst

Executes commands/scripts on an EBS Instance. Use this operation when you need to execute commands like *compile all forms*, *download AOL from EBS instance*, etc. In addition, the plugin provides the ability for the user to define any number of outputs from the execution of the script that could be utilized in subsequent steps in the workflow.

# Target Properties

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>**Property Name**</th><th>**Property Source**</th><th>**Required**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>EBS Source Script</td><td>`FDEBS_SOURCE_SCRIPT`</td><td>Yes</td><td>Source Script with full path. \
e.g. `/u1/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSorcl_ebs01.env`If you would like to apply changes directly to run edition for EBS R 12.2+, specify the run param after the script. By default, it connects to patch edition when performing the deploy operation. All other operations are sourced from run by default.e.g. `/u1/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSorcl_ebs01.env` *run*</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Inputs

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>**Input Name**</th><th>**Input Code**</th><th>**Required**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>Command</td><td>`FDEBS_INP_COMMAND`</td><td>Yes</td><td>The commands and/or scripts that are to be executed on the EBS instance.</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Artifacts

This operation delegates consumes/produces artifacts decision to the workflow developer. Check ***Consumes Artifacts*** on the workflow step editor if this operation requires artifacts to be delivered prior to execution of the script. Check ***Produces Artifacts*** on the workflow step editor if this operation creates artifacts. The artifacts folder is available via the `FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR` variable.

# Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates endpoint selection to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default the selection to ***All***, which selects all available endpoints associated to the Target. Selecting a specific resource will result in selection of endpoints associated to the Target which have that resource defined.

# Endpoint Execution

This operation delegates endpoint execution to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default to ***Any***, which will execute on any one of the selected endpoints, which will be randomly picked from selected endpoints or a specific endpoint where previous step may have executed. Changing this value to ***All*** to will result in execution on all selected endpoints.

# Special Considerations

User defined outputs – an output must be defined in the workflow editor to be accessible. Within your script, use the following built-in function to set the output with the appropriate value and have it returned to the workflow process. Any number of outputs can be used.

##### **Outputs Syntax**

```
setOutput {output name} {output value}

#Example
setOutput STATUS ${STATUS_VARIABLE}

To load a file into an output, consider syntax like this:
setOutput OUTPUT_NAME "`cat /path/to/file.txt `"
```