steps.md

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steps definition	Steps are a linear sequence of operations that make up a job.	03/01/2023	>=azure-pipelines-2019

steps definition

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Steps are a linear sequence of operations that make up a job.

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steps: [ task | script | powershell | pwsh | bash | checkout | download | downloadBuild | getPackage | publish | template | reviewApp ] # Steps are a linear sequence of operations that make up a job.

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steps: [ task | script | powershell | pwsh | bash | checkout | download | downloadBuild | publish | template ] # Steps are a linear sequence of operations that make up a job.

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Definitions that that reference this definition: pipeline, jobs.job, preDeployHook, deployHook, routeTrafficHook, postRouteTrafficHook, onFailureHook, onSuccessHook

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Definitions that that reference this definition: pipeline, jobs.job

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List types

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Type	Description
steps.task	Runs a task.
steps.script	Runs a script using cmd.exe on Windows and Bash on other platforms.
steps.powershell	Runs a script using either Windows PowerShell (on Windows) or pwsh (Linux and macOS).
steps.pwsh	Runs a script in PowerShell Core on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
steps.bash	Runs a script in Bash on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
steps.checkout	Configure how the pipeline checks out source code.
steps.download	Downloads artifacts associated with the current run or from another Azure Pipeline that is associated as a pipeline resource.
steps.downloadBuild	Downloads build artifacts.
steps.getPackage	Downloads a package from a package management feed in Azure Artifacts or Azure DevOps Server.
steps.publish	Publishes (uploads) a file or folder as a pipeline artifact that other jobs and pipelines can consume.
steps.template	Define a set of steps in one file and use it multiple times in another file.
steps.reviewApp	Downloads creates a resource dynamically under a deploy phase provider.

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Type	Description
steps.task	Runs a task.
steps.script	Runs a script using cmd.exe on Windows and Bash on other platforms.
steps.powershell	Runs a script using either Windows PowerShell (on Windows) or pwsh (Linux and macOS).
steps.pwsh	Runs a script in PowerShell Core on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
steps.bash	Runs a script in Bash on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
steps.checkout	Configure how the pipeline checks out source code.
steps.download	Downloads artifacts associated with the current run or from another Azure Pipeline that is associated as a pipeline resource.
steps.downloadBuild	Downloads build artifacts.
steps.publish	Publishes (uploads) a file or folder as a pipeline artifact that other jobs and pipelines can consume.
steps.template	Define a set of steps in one file and use it multiple times in another file.

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Remarks

Each step runs in its own process on an agent and has access to the pipeline workspace on a local hard drive. This behavior means environment variables aren't preserved between steps but file system changes are.

All tasks and steps support a set of common properties, such as enabled and env,in addition to their task or step specific properties. For more information on configuring these properties, see Task control options and Task environment variables.

Examples

steps:
- script: echo This runs in the default shell on any machine
- bash: |
    echo This multiline script always runs in Bash.
    echo Even on Windows machines!
- pwsh: |
    Write-Host "This multiline script always runs in PowerShell Core."
    Write-Host "Even on non-Windows machines!"

See also

• Specify jobs in your pipeline
• Task types and usage