Multiple output files with templates

[mihaiandreiratoiu]

Description

When running syft with multiple -o=template -t=templateFile parameters it takes the latest templateFile for every output file

Example

Input syft alpine -o template=f1.json -t f1.template -o template=f2.json -t f2.template
Output:

• f1.json with f2.template
• f2.json with f2.template

[kzantow]

As a workaround, if you need multiple templates, could you store the Syft JSON and then convert it?

syft alpine -o json > alpine.syft.json
syft convert alpine.syft.json -o template -t f1.template1 > f1.json
syft convert alpine.syft.json -o template -t f2.template1 > f2.json

[mihaiandreiratoiu]

Hey, sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for the tip. I've tried it but it seems that convert doesn't support the template? I get the 2023/01/10 17:49:22 error during command execution: 1 error occurred: * no template file: please provide a template path even when using -t

[kzantow]

This sounds like something we should be able to fix for the convert command!

[mihaiandreiratoiu]

Great, thanks!