Capture Output Action

Capture the output (and duration) of a command as a GitHub Actions output or file

How to use this Action

Required inputs:

• cmd: The Bash command you want to run

Optional inputs:

• args: A comma-separated list of arguments with which to run the command
• hide-warnings: Hide warnings in the GitHub Actions logs (defaults to false)
• fail: Fail the step if an error is detected (defaults to true)
• file: The file to in which to record the output

Outputs:

• output: The full command output (stdout + stderr)
• stdout: The result of stdout
• stderr: The result of stderr
• exit-code: The command's exit code
• duration: The time the command took to run, in seconds

name: Capture output
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  capture-output:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Capture output
        uses: 'selfagency/capture-output@v1'
        with:
          cmd: yarn
          args: run,build,--verbose
          hide-warnings: true
          fail: false
          file: ${{ github.workspace }}/output.txt