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    I ended up doing something like that. :) Commented Nov 18, 2016 at 8:10
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    Call a bash -c to start a program from the unit file? Call exec? This is like using a forklift on top of a forklift (maybe with another forklift on top) because the first forklift has trouble actually forklifting. Commented Dec 31, 2018 at 18:50
  • Something like this would work. Or a wrapper script to split that variable :) The other bizarre option would be to create another service to "run beforehand" and setup an EnvironmentFile, not sure how that would work with templates tho: stackoverflow.com/a/42841480/32453 Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 15:18
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    @DavidTonhofer How would a solution without "double forklifter" look like? I see that the bash is there to setup and mangle %i into USE_GPU. Then exec replaces the shell process with the real one. Commented Feb 10, 2021 at 13:34
  • @DavidTonhofer Yes, it's like using a forklift on top of a forklift. It's a canonical solution to the problem, tho. System V style init scripts were much, much worse. Commented Dec 9, 2024 at 2:13