Add choice of shell per issue 2974

builtin/provisioners/local-exec/resource_provisioner.go

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ func Provisioner() terraform.ResourceProvisioner {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Required: true,
 			},
+
+			"interpreter": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+				Optional: true,
+			},
 		},
 
 		ApplyFunc: applyFn,
@@ -39,19 +45,29 @@ func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 	o := ctx.Value(schema.ProvOutputKey).(terraform.UIOutput)
 
 	command := data.Get("command").(string)
+
 	if command == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("local-exec provisioner command must be a non-empty string")
 	}
 
 	// Execute the command using a shell
-	var shell, flag string
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		shell = "cmd"
-		flag = "/C"
+	interpreter := data.Get("interpreter").([]interface{})
+
+	var cmdargs []string
+	if len(interpreter) > 0 {
+		for _, i := range interpreter {
+			if arg, ok := i.(string); ok {
+				cmdargs = append(cmdargs, arg)
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
-		shell = "/bin/sh"
-		flag = "-c"
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			cmdargs = []string{"cmd", "/C"}
+		} else {
+			cmdargs = []string{"/bin/sh", "-c"}
+		}
 	}
+	cmdargs = append(cmdargs, command)
 
 	// Setup the reader that will read the output from the command.
 	// We use an os.Pipe so that the *os.File can be passed directly to the
@@ -63,7 +79,7 @@ func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// Setup the command
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, shell, flag, command)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, cmdargs[0], cmdargs[1:]...)
 	cmd.Stderr = pw
 	cmd.Stdout = pw
 
@@ -77,9 +93,7 @@ func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 	go copyOutput(o, tee, copyDoneCh)
 
 	// Output what we're about to run
-	o.Output(fmt.Sprintf(
-		"Executing: %s %s \"%s\"",
-		shell, flag, command))
+	o.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Executing: %q", cmdargs))
 
 	// Start the command
 	err = cmd.Start()

builtin/provisioners/local-exec/resource_provisioner_test.go

@@ -125,3 +125,23 @@ func testConfig(t *testing.T, c map[string]interface{}) *terraform.ResourceConfi
 
 	return terraform.NewResourceConfig(r)
 }
+
+func TestResourceProvider_ApplyCustomInterpreter(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"interpreter": []interface{}{"echo", "is"},
+		"command":     "not really an interpreter",
+	})
+
+	output := new(terraform.MockUIOutput)
+	p := Provisioner()
+
+	if err := p.Apply(output, nil, c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got := strings.TrimSpace(output.OutputMessage)
+	want := "is not really an interpreter"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("wrong output\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}

website/docs/provisioners/local-exec.html.markdown

@@ -38,3 +38,31 @@ The following arguments are supported:
   as a relative path to the current working directory or as an absolute path.
   It is evaluated in a shell, and can use environment variables or Terraform
   variables.
+
+* `interpreter` - (Optional) If provided, this is a list of interpreter
+  arguments used to execute the command. The first argument is the
+  interpreter itself. It can be provided as a relative path to the current
+  working directory or as an absolute path.  The remaining arguments are
+  appended prior to the command.  This allows building command lines of the
+  form "/bin/bash", "-c", "echo foo". If `interpreter` is unspecified,
+  sensible defaults will be chosen based on the system OS.
+
+### Interpreter Examples
+
+```hcl
+resource "null_resource" "example1" {
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = "open WFH, '>completed.txt' and print WFH scalar localtime"
+    interpreter = ["perl", "-e"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+```hcl
+resource "null_resource" "example2" {
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = "Get-Date > completed.txt"
+    interpreter = ["PowerShell", "-Command"]
+  }
+}
+```