com.github.ygini.hello-it.hostname.sh – always prints out ComputerName

[JoGilb]

Setup info

Hello-IT version: Hello-IT-1.6.0
macOS version: macOS 11.6.5
Preferences deployed via: defaults
Preferences targeting: device

Setup goal

I am trying to troubleshoot some discrepencies between ComputerName and LocalHostName. I just want a basic display of these 2 variables. It's a simple and a local testing of the tool for the moment with the default provided script file in /Library/Applications Support/com.github.ygini.hello-it/CustomScripts/com.github.ygini.hello-it.hostname.sh (the argument %C should print out the ComputerName, the argument %L should print out the LocalHostName).
I created and stored a com.github.ygini.hello-it.plist into /Library/Preferences. See below.

Issue description

As you could see below, you provide on your Wiki 2 examples, however with 2 different syntax for the arguments (see in bold). I did many tests with either the first syntax or the second syntax with no good result. I obviously altered the argument to %C and to %L accordingly for my test. In all cases, it always prints out the ComputerName (%C).

Extract provided on this page: https://github.com/ygini/Hello-IT/wiki/public.script.item and the table at the top clearly mentions the "options" key.

However, the extract provided on this page: https://github.com/ygini/Hello-IT/wiki/Preferences says something different.

Now, looking at an extract of the bash script you provide:

What I put in bold always returns an empty string. Consequently the conditional test after that, sets the format variable to %C. In essence I can never print out anything else but the ComputerName.

You detailed a lot in your documentation, especially for the public.script.item function (https://github.com/ygini/Hello-IT/wiki/public.script.item). However you don’t explain what "$HELLO_IT_PLIST_PATH" is in the "Environmental variables" section of that page.

As you understand, I did a default installation of the Hello-IT tool.

I created and stored a com.github.ygini.hello-it.plist into /Library/Preferences

Here is the content of that file in order to display 2 titles: one for the ComputerName, one for the LocalHostName. I tried many combinations, it only prints out the ComputerName as per explanations given above.

The script used (com.github.ygini.hello-it.hostname.sh) is one of those provided into /Library/Applications Support/com.github.ygini.hello-it/CustomScripts

I’d be very grateful if you could tell me:

• the correct syntax to use in the plist file.
• where to define $HELLO_IT_PLIST_PATH? Should I assume it should be set globally somewhere to point to /Library/Preferences/com.github.ygini.hello-it.plist. If yes, that "defaults read" command in the script file is unable to parse the plist file to fetch the "format" key given the structure of the plist file. Would a /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy command be the solution? If yes, how?

I hope you will be able to help me out.
Thank you very much.