SUP_ENV needs escaping

[untoreh]

SUP_ENV is not escaped:

sup -D -e HELLO="1 2 3" local env
fra@localhost | bash: line 0: export: `2': not a valid identifier
fra@localhost | bash: line 0: export: `3': not a valid identifier
fra@localhost | + echo SUP_ENV is '-e HELLO=1'
fra@localhost | SUP_ENV is -e HELLO=1

commands:
  env:
    desc: print env
    run: echo SUP_ENV is "$SUP_ENV"

this one does not break but the quoting is lost

sup -D -e HELLO="'""1 2 3""'" local env

this one does not break and preserves quoting

sup -D -e HELLO='"'"'1 2 3'"'"' local env

[VojtechVitek]

Sup sets the env var as a string value, it shouldn't need any additional escaping.

I think you need to escape the "$HELLO" variable in the remote shell.

$ export HELLO="1 2 3"

$ $HELLO
bash: 1: command not found

$ "$HELLO"
bash: 1 2 3: command not found

Please, feel free to reopen if this doesn't help.

[untoreh]

I don't think I understood what you meant.
The point is that sup doesn't escape quotes in the SUP_ENV variable. And since sup (well the go ssh package since sup does not do any mods) executes the command as an argument (bash -c "export SUP....") it ends up like
bash -c "...; export SUP_ENV="HELLO=" 1 2 3" OTHER_VAR=X"; ... "
when it should be
bash -c "...; export SUP_ENV="HELLO=\" 1 2 3\" OTHER_VAR=X"; ... "
The user has no control over the SUP_ENV variable

[VojtechVitek]

I might have misunderstood then. Can you provide a reproducer Supfile?

[untoreh]

well there was already the command snippet just add a local network

# Supfile
version: 0.4
networks:
  local:
    hosts:
      - localhost
commands:
  env:
    desc: print env
    run: echo SUP_ENV is "$SUP_ENV"