Github actions echo command not creating file

Question

I'm in the process of moving a working CircleCI workflow over to Github Actions.

I'm running:

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

container: 
  image: google/cloud-sdk:latest

I run the following command:

echo ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_API_KEYFILE }} > ./gcloud-api-key.json

Before running this command, gcloud-api-key.json has not yet been created. This command works in CircleCI but in Github Actions I get the error:

/__w/_temp/asd987as89d7cf.sh: 2: /__w/_temp/asd987as89d7cf.sh: type:: not found

Does anyone know what this error means?

bryan · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-06 01:37:52Z

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The reason was because my secret key was more then 1 line long. Once I made it one line it worked.

answered Nov 6, 2019 at 1:37

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Vencovsky Over a year ago

And how you echo things that are more than 1 line long?

Thiago Silva Ferreira Over a year ago

@Vencovsky I solved it by enconding my data in base64 and decoding it to create the file, e.g.: echo ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_API_KEYFILE }} | base64 --decode > ./gcloud-api-key.json

finisinfinitatis · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-02 11:35:02Z

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In order to use secrets which contain more than just one line (like secret jsons) one has to save the base64 encoded secret in Github which makes it one line. On linux the encoding is done via:

cat mysecret.json | base64

Then in the action you need to decode it using

echo ${{ secrets.YOUR_SECRET }} | base64 -d > secret.json

edited Jul 2, 2022 at 11:35

answered Sep 1, 2021 at 12:59

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Kyler Chin Over a year ago

P.S. If you want the base64 to output with no Enter lines, do cat mysecret.json | base64 -w 0

Dunaevsky Maxim · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-05 16:30:14Z

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Use quotation marks for echo command:

run: echo "${{ secrets.YOUR_SECRET }}" > secret_file

edited Nov 5, 2023 at 16:30

answered Nov 5, 2023 at 16:21

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