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The script step runs a script using cmd.exe on Windows and Bash on other platforms.

steps:
- script: string # Required as first property. An inline script.
  failOnStderr: string # Fail the task if output is sent to Stderr?
  workingDirectory: string # Start the script with this working directory.
  condition: string # Evaluate this condition expression to determine whether to run this task.
  continueOnError: boolean # Continue running even on failure?
  displayName: string # Human-readable name for the task.
  target: string | target # Environment in which to run this task.
  enabled: boolean # Run this task when the job runs?
  env: # Variables to map into the process's environment.
    string: string # Name/value pairs
  name: string # ID of the step.
  timeoutInMinutes: string # Time to wait for this task to complete before the server kills it.
  retryCountOnTaskFailure: string # Number of retries if the task fails.

steps:
- script: string # Required as first property. An inline script.
  failOnStderr: string # Fail the task if output is sent to Stderr?
  workingDirectory: string # Start the script with this working directory.
  condition: string # Evaluate this condition expression to determine whether to run this task.
  continueOnError: boolean # Continue running even on failure?
  displayName: string # Human-readable name for the task.
  target: string | target # Environment in which to run this task.
  enabled: boolean # Run this task when the job runs?
  env: # Variables to map into the process's environment.
    string: string # Name/value pairs
  name: string # ID of the step.
  timeoutInMinutes: string # Time to wait for this task to complete before the server kills it.

steps:
- script: string # Required as first property. An inline script.
  failOnStderr: string # Fail the task if output is sent to Stderr?
  workingDirectory: string # Start the script with this working directory.
  condition: string # Evaluate this condition expression to determine whether to run this task.
  continueOnError: boolean # Continue running even on failure?
  displayName: string # Human-readable name for the task.
  enabled: boolean # Run this task when the job runs?
  env: # Variables to map into the process's environment.
    string: string # Name/value pairs
  name: string # ID of the step.
  timeoutInMinutes: string # Time to wait for this task to complete before the server kills it.

Definitions that reference this definition: steps

Properties

script string. Required as first property.
An inline script.

failOnStderr string.
Fail the task if output is sent to Stderr?

workingDirectory string.
Start the script with this working directory.

condition string.
Evaluate this condition expression to determine whether to run this task.

continueOnError boolean.
Continue running even on failure?

displayName string.
Human-readable name for the task.

target target.
Environment in which to run this task.

enabled boolean.
Run this task when the job runs?

env string dictionary.
Variables to map into the process's environment.

name string.
ID of the step. Acceptable values: [-_A-Za-z0-9]*.

timeoutInMinutes string.
Time to wait for this task to complete before the server kills it.

Note

Pipelines may be configured with a job level timeout. If the job level timeout interval elapses before your step completes, the running job (including your step) is terminated, even if the step is configured with a longer timeoutInMinutes interval. For more information, see Timeouts.

retryCountOnTaskFailure string.
Number of retries if the task fails.

Remarks

The script keyword is a shortcut for the command-line task. The task runs a script using cmd.exe on Windows and Bash on other platforms.

Learn more about conditions, timeouts, and step targets.

Examples

If you don't specify a command mode, you can shorten the target structure to:

- script:
  target: string  # container name or the word 'host'

steps:
- script: echo Hello world!
  displayName: Say hello

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