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Ubuntu – Set pipeline variables with quotes in Azure Pipelines

On a MS-hosted Azure pipeline running on ubuntu, within a bash script task, I am setting some pipeline variables that need to be available to another task. These variables are oftentimes maps, in the following format:

{ "1.0.0" = "my-function-app-url.com" }

This will fail the below command, because those maps (stored in the $VALUE variable, have double quotes, which will be interpreted at the end of the bash script.

echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=$KEY;isOutput=true;issecret=true]$VALUE"

I have tried to use single quotes to enclose the string being echoed, but the behaviour is the same. I have also tried to escape the double quotes within the variables, but again, the behaviour is the same! I have even tried to remove the quotes, but then the hashtag symbol is interpreted as a bash comment…

Is there a way to achieve what I want here?

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  1. 0

    You need to add in the definition of your variables. Refer to the following yaml:

    pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

variables:
- name: VALUE
  value: ""1.0.0" = "my-function-app-url.com"" 

steps:
- task: Bash@3
  name: setOutput
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: 'echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ValueWithQuotes;isOutput=true]$VALUE"'

- task: Bash@3
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: |
      echo '$(setOutput.ValueWithQuotes)'

    In the log of the first bash task, you can see ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.setvariable variable=ValueWithQuotes;isOutput=true]"1.0.0" = "my-function-app-url.com" .

    The result of the second bash task:

    enter image description here

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  2. 0

    I have code two samples for setVariable with quotes based on above yml. just have a try and hope this can help.

    pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

variables:
- name: VALUE
  value: '{ "1.0.0" = "my-function-app-url.com" }'

steps:
- task: Bash@3
  name: setOutput
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ValueWithQuotes;isOutput=true]$VALUE"

- task: Bash@3
  name: setOutput1
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ValueWithQuotes1;isOutput=true]'$VALUE'"

- task: Bash@3
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: |
      echo '$(setOutput.ValueWithQuotes)'

- task: Bash@3
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: |
      echo '$(setOutput1.ValueWithQuotes1)'

    below is my two results:

    enter image description here

    enter image description here

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