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It still errors out so I can only assume the environment variable is not correctly parsed because if I replace it with the actual string it works. mkdir cat dummy.json | ruby -rjson -e 'j = JSON.parse($stdin.read); puts j["ChgSub"]["'"$GHREPO"'"][0]["Major"].to_s'`

themihai
– themihai

2014-11-26 23:22:18 +00:00
Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:22
@mihai What is the value of GHREPO?

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2014-11-26 23:52:21 +00:00
Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:52
A string... "ecx". I've updated the question with the json content as well. To reproduce the issue you need to set export GHREPO=ecx and run the command

themihai
– themihai

2014-11-27 00:02:24 +00:00
Commented Nov 27, 2014 at 0:02
@Etan, I finally got it though have my vote anyway as it's close to your answer!

themihai
– themihai

2014-11-27 00:52:03 +00:00
Commented Nov 27, 2014 at 0:52

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