Jenkins running Linux shell program does not reccogize commands

Question

I have the following code running on my jenkins build step: "execute shell"

#!/bin/sh
workspaceDirectory=WORKSPACE
appName=ClaimCenter

perl WORKSPACE/directory/scripts/FileLoaderDoItTwiceFinal.pl  $workspaceDirectory $appName
curl --ntlm --user myUserName:myPassword --upload-file WORKSPACE/directory/test/ClaimCenterUnmatchedProperties.csv     https://sharpoint/share/sharesight/TrainingManuals/RTC/PropertyFileAnalyzer/filename.csv`

appName=ContactManager

perl WORKSPACE/dircectory/scripts/FileLoaderDoItTwiceFinal.pl $workspaceDirectory $appName
curl --ntlm --user myUserName:MyPassWord --upload-file WORKSPACE/CliamCenterBatch/test/ContactManagerUnmatchedProperties.csv
https://sharpoint/share/sharesight/TrainingManuals/RTC/PropertyFileAnalyzer/filename.csv`

Jenkins builds for a long time so it is very difficult to test repeatedly but after the build opperations happen, the following is output to the jenkins console:

 [TEST-SAMPLE-BUILD-CLAIMS_Dev_Tools_blucas-DEF] $ /bin/sh/tmp/hudson4025671051509183982.sh
/tmp/hudson4025671051509183982.sh: line 5: perl: command not found
/tmp/hudson4025671051509183982.sh: line 6: curl: command not found
/tmp/hudson4025671051509183982.sh: line 10: perl: command not found
/tmp/hudson4025671051509183982.sh: line 11: curl: command not found
/tmp/hudson4025671051509183982.sh: line 12: https://sharpoint/share/sharesight/TrainingManuals/RTC/PropertyFileAnalyzer/filename.csv` : No such file or directory

please help me understand why this build is not understanding these commands

Answer 1

The error message is telling you that perl and curl binaries couldn't be found, which means that the environment for your script does not have PATH environment variable set.

To fix this, use the full paths to the binaries, instead of just their names. eg:

/usr/bin/perl WORKSPACE/directory/scripts/FileLoaderDoItTwiceFinal.pl $workspaceDirectory $appName

/usr/bin/curl --ntlm --user myUserName:myPassword --upload-file WORKSPACE/directory/test/ClaimCenterUnmatchedProperties.csv     https://sharpoint/share/sharesight/TrainingManuals/RTC/PropertyFileAnalyzer/filename.csv`