# System execute output
**URL:** https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/system-execute-output/1504
**Category:** CloverDX Platform
**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/system-execute-output/1504 "2014-10-31T00:00:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@hparsa](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/hparsa)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/system-execute-output/1504/1 "2014-10-31T00:00:00Z")
Hello, I am not able to send system execute Linux command output to the output port.
I have the following code in the SYSTEM\_EXECUTE component and its output port is connected to trash; the graph is attached.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
echo “HELLO”
This throw the following error:
Component [SystemExecute:SYSTEM\_EXECUTE] finished with status ERROR. (Out0: 0 recs)
Unexpected null value.
Should I be able to get “HELLO” in the output port? How can this be resolved?
Many thanks,
Parsa
- [TEST\_SYSEXE.grf](https://cdn.cloverdx.com/forum/17489%5Fad09a929116ab89f4db081b0e216b028/TEST%5FSYSEXE.grf)
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### Author:  [@slechtaj](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/slechtaj)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/system-execute-output/1504/2 "2014-11-06T14:49:03Z")
Hi Parsa,
in order to run shell scripts from Clover, please use ExecuteScript instead. For more information about ExecuteScript please refer to our documentation: [http://doc.cloveretl.com/documentation/ … cript.html](http://doc.cloveretl.com/documentation/UserGuide/index.jsp?topic=/com.cloveretl.gui.docs/docs/executescript.html)
In case you cannot see ExecuteScript in Components Palette (under Job Control section) right click the Palette and select Customize. Then go to Job Control, select ExecuteScript and uncheck Hide check-box.