How to break a single command inside a `script` step on multiple lines

Question

We have a project using Azure Pipeline, relying on azure-pipelines.yml file at the repo\'s root.

When implementing a script step, it is possibl

Answer 1

You didn't specify your agent OS so I tested on both windows-latest and ubuntu-latest. Note that the script task runs a bit differently on these 2 environments. On Windows, it uses cmd.exe. On Ubuntu, it uses bash. Therefore, you have to use the correct syntax.

On Windows:

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'

steps:
- script: |
    mkdir ^
    test ^
    -p ^
    -v

On Ubuntu:

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
- script: |
    mkdir \
    test \
    -p \
    -v

Those two files above work on my Azure DevOps.