Output formatting in BackEnd variable cause agent crash at preview

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

When trying to format the output string from a command line in a VARA_BACKEND variable (Unix system) the agent will instantly crash after trying to "Preview" the VARA output.
For example, using the command line below will not work (adding a "-" in the output) :

ls -l $(find /var/log/ -name "*.txt* ) | awk '{printf ("%s-%s %s %s\n",$6,$7,$8,$9)}'

The error below will show instead of the command preview :

Environment

Release : 12.3.0

Component : VARA_BACKEND (preview section)

Cause

Dev bug.

Resolution

Fixed in :

• 12.1.6
• 12.2.4
• 12.3.1
• 12.4.0