AZDO: Script Task Multiline

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Description:

Follow these steps to set your scripts to be multiline if you use a Windows build agent or a linux build agent. More info can be found here. Post was inspired by this and tested to confirm.

To Resolve:

  1. As mentioned in the article in the description, the easiest fix is to just target the bash task regardless of what your agent is. Then it will work on Windows or linux.

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    - task: Bash@3
   displayName: "terraform init"
   inputs:
      targetType: inline
      failOnStderr: true
      script: |
         terraform init -backend-config="access_key=$(my-key)"
- task: Bash@3
   displayName: "terraform validate"
   inputs:
      targetType: inline
      failOnStderr: true
      script: |
         terraform validate
- task: Bash@3
   displayName: "terraform plan"
   inputs:
      targetType: inline
      failOnStderr: true
      script: |
         set TF_LOG=ERROR
         set TF_LOG_PATH=$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\crash.log
         set
         terraform plan \
            -var="subscription_id=$(myvar1_value)" \
            -var="tenant_id=$(myvar2_value)" \
            -var="client_id=$(myvar3_value)" \
            -var="client_secret=$(myvar4_value)" \
            -var="region=westus" \
            -out "tf.plan"

  2. For Windows build agents specifically, use the ^ character which is line continuation for batch scripts:

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    - script: |
      terraform plan ^
      -var="subscription_id=$(myvar1_value)" ^
      -var="tenant_id=$(myvar2_value)" ^
      -var="client_id=$(myvar3_value)" ^
      -var="client_secret=$(myvar4_value)" ^
      -var="region=westus" ^
      -out "tf.plan"
   displayName: 'terraform plan'

  3. For linux build agents specifically, use the \ character which is line continuation for bash scripts:

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    - script: |
   set TF_LOG=ERROR
   set TF_LOG_PATH=$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\crash.log
   set
   terraform plan \
      -var="subscription_id=$(myvar1_value)" \
      -var="tenant_id=$(myvar2_value)" \
      -var="client_id=$(myvar3_value)" \
      -var="client_secret=$(myvar4_value)" \
      -var="region=westus" \
      -out "tf.plan"
  displayName: 'terraform plan'

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