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Azure yml - Search folder recursively in $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)

In azure.yml script, I would like to recursively search for a folder that ends with _test in $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)

So far, tried out

[ -d "**/$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/?(*_test)" ]

and

 [ -d "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/*_test" ]

However, both patterns are not working.

Is it possible to do recursive search for a folder in $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)?

Can you please suggest a suitable method to search for folders ending with _test in $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)?

Thank you!

Solution

  • If you want to search for folders ending with _test in $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) in azure.yml script, please try the following yaml sample.

    pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- pwsh: Get-ChildItem -Path $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) -Recurse -Directory -Name -Include "**_test"

    Update>> Microsoft-hosted Ubuntu agent has installed PowerShell tools, so PowerShell is available in it. If you prefer to use Bash script, this command find $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) -name "**_test" -type d will output the target folders path.

    Please note that there might be multiple folders, you could use following script to assign the result to variable.

    - bash: |
    result=$(find $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) -name "**_test" -type d)
    echo "$result"

    Or you could assign the result to array by reference to this thread.

    - bash: |
    readarray -d '' result_array < <(find $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) -name "**_test" -type d)
    echo "$result_array"