Merge pull request #3 from GammaGames/capture_vars

Capture stdout

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -523,3 +523,48 @@ jobs:
           command_timeout: 30s
           script: |
             whoami
+
+  testing-capturing-output:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: create new ssh server
+        run: |
+          docker run -d \
+          --name=openssh-server \
+          --hostname=openssh-server \
+          -p 2222:2222 \
+          -e SUDO_ACCESS=false \
+          -e PASSWORD_ACCESS=true  \
+          -e USER_PASSWORD=password  \
+          -e USER_NAME=linuxserver.io \
+          --restart unless-stopped \
+          lscr.io/linuxserver/openssh-server:latest
+          docker exec openssh-server sh -c "hostname -i" > ip.txt
+          echo "REMOTE_HOST<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          cat ip.txt >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "======= container ip address ========="
+          cat ip.txt
+          echo "======================================"
+          sleep 2
+
+      - id: stdout
+        name: ssh command with stdout
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          host: ${{ env.REMOTE_HOST }}
+          username: linuxserver.io
+          password: password
+          port: 2222
+          capture_stdout: 'true'
+          script: |
+            #!/usr/bin/env bash
+            set -e
+            whoami
+
+      - name: check stdout
+        run: |
+          echo "stdout: ${{ steps.stdout.outputs.stdout }}"

action.yml

@@ -77,12 +77,13 @@ inputs:
     description: "pass all environment variable to shell script."
   request_pty:
     description: "Request a pseudo-terminal from the server."
+  capture_stdout:
+    description: "Capture the stdout of the commands."
+    default: "false"
 
 outputs:
   stdout:
     description: 'Standard output of the executed commands.'
-  stderr:
-    description: 'Standard error of the executed commands.'
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ runs:
         INPUT_PROXY_USE_INSECURE_CIPHER: ${{ inputs.proxy_use_insecure_cipher }}
         INPUT_PROXY_CIPHER: ${{ inputs.proxy_cipher }}
         INPUT_SYNC: ${{ inputs.sync }}
+        INPUT_CAPTURE_STDOUT: ${{ inputs.capture_stdout }}
 
 branding:
   icon: "terminal"

entrypoint.sh

@@ -68,11 +68,10 @@ chmod +x ${TARGET}
 echo "======= CLI Version ======="
 sh -c "${TARGET} --version" # print version
 echo "==========================="
-{
+if [[ "$INPUT_CAPTURE_STDOUT" == 'true' ]]; then
+  echo 'stdout<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT # use heredoc for multiline output
+  sh -c "${TARGET} $*" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT # run the command
+  echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+else
   sh -c "${TARGET} $*" # run the command
-} 2> /tmp/errFile | tee /tmp/outFile
+fi
-
-stdout=$(cat /tmp/outFile)
-stderr=$(cat /tmp/errFile)
-echo "stdout=${stdout//$'\n'/\\n}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-echo "stderr=${stderr//$'\n'/\\n}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT