Forward CLI Arguments to a Command

You can forward CLI arguments to a command in Taskfile using the -- syntax. Arguments passed after -- are available in the task via the {{.CLI_ARGS}} variable.

Taskfile.yaml

version: '3'
tasks:
  example:
    cmds:
      - npm {{.CLI_ARGS}}

task example -- install

This runs npm install — the install argument is forwarded via {{.CLI_ARGS}}.

Use {{.CLI_ARGS}} anywhere in your cmds to inject the forwarded arguments.

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