How to import environment variables from the system running it (like Ubuntu) to CWL?
Does anyone know if CWL is capable of create a random number to an output file, like the environment variable $RANDOM in UNIX? Or how to import the environment variables of one's system, like in Ubuntu, to CWL?
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If you just need a random number i would recommend solving this through a javascript expression.
As an expression tool, this might look like:
cwlVersion: v1.0
class: ExpressionTool
requirements:
InlineJavascriptRequirement: {}
inputs:
min:
type: int
max:
type: int
outputs:
random_integer:
type: int
expression: |
${
var randomInt;
var min = Math.ceil(inputs.min);
var max = Math.floor(inputs.max);
randomInt = Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
return {"random_integer": randomInt};
}
You can also just add a javascript expression directly into your tool or workflow, without the overhead of an expression tool. The javascript math is plucked from stackoverflow, but it looks like it should provide random integers.
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