Define variable in for loop

[yonas]

Is this possible?

version: 3

tasks:
  default:
    sources:
      - './conf/**/*.rcl'
    cmds:
      - for: sources
        vars:
          FILE:
            sh: basename {{ .ITEM }}
        cmd: 'rcl e --format json {{ .ITEM }} > {{ .FILE }}.json'

[trulede]

Yes, you can do this:

version: '3'

tasks:
  default:
    sources:
      - '*.txt'
    cmds:
      - for: sources
        task: item
        vars:
          FILE: '{{.ITEM}}'

  item:
    cmds:
      - echo '{{.FILE}}'

More examples here: https://taskfile.dev/usage/#renaming-variables

[yonas]

Thanks @trulede . It'd be convenient to have it all in an one task.

Any reason for designing it this way?

[trulede]

That's how you make it work 😄

What's behind that, well, cmd:vars sets variables in the called cmd:task (which you don't have), and not the cmd:cmd (which you do have). That is described here: https://taskfile.dev/reference/schema#command.

You can set that "item" task to silent and/or internal to make it "invisible" ... might be nice.

[vmaerten]

Hello,
You can do it with go templating (see https://taskfile.dev/reference/templating/#path-and-filepath-functions)

version: 3

tasks:
  default:
    sources:
      - './conf/**/*.rcl'
    cmds:
      - for: sources
        cmd: 'echo FILE : {{ base  .ITEM }} Full path : {{.ITEM}}'

It will print :