execute shell step skipped completely in jenkins

Question

I can\'t seem to run a build execute shell step in Jenkins. I\'ve worked with Hudson in the past on windows and I was able to create shell/batch steps without a problem but I s

Answer 1

Putting this here for posterity.

I had a Jenkins project configured with Maven running clean test and a execute shell in the pre steps. The logs from Maven where not coming through and the script was not executing. Once I unchecked Build modules in parallel under the Maven build options my logs and scripts started working.