How to run sub Shell script in Makefile?

Question

I want to execute a Shell command but I didn't know how to do a sub bash command correctly in my Makefile

import-bd:
    @while ! nc -z $(make ips | awk '/mysql/ { print $2 }') 3306; do \
        sleep 1 \
    done
    ...

Thanks for your help !

Answer 1

You need to quote the $ s and add a ;

import-bd:
    @while ! nc -z $$(make ips | awk '/mysql/ { print $$2 }') 3306; do \
        sleep 1; \
    done

When make sees a single $ , it tries to do a variable expansion. By writing $$ , make passes a single $ to awk (or, more precisely, it passes a single $ to SHELL which invokes awk ). Also, the semi-colon after sleep 1 is needed because make strips the newline.

Answer 2

You are missing semicolon after sleep 1 .
Also make parses this line first then bash. You need to escape dollar with two dollars.

import-bd:
    @while ! nc -z $$(make ips | awk '/mysql/ { print $$2 }') 3306; do \
        sleep 1; \
    done