Introduction to Arguments

Actions and commands that OliveTin runs, without arguments, are generally quite safe - only that command can be run, without modifications. However, many users need the flexibility to set options on that command - normally called command line arguments. In OliveTin, arguments are defined in a shell commands like echo {{ message }}, with a bit of extra configuration.

Examples of valid argument names are {{ personName }}, {{ customer_number }} and {{ ISBN11_code }}.

  • a-z (case insensitive)

  • _ is allowed

  • numbers are allowed (argument names can also start with numbers)

  • all other characters are invalid for argument names.