main.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: CI

# Controls when the workflow will run
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
      - name: Run a one-line script
        run: echo Hello, world!

      # Runs a set of commands using the runners shell
      - name: Run a multi-line script looping on the content of a file in the repo
        run: |
          echo Add other actions to build,
          echo test, and deploy your project.
          echo "Demonstrate you can just cat the file"
          cat sourcepaths.txt
          echo "now put that into a Varaible"
          LISTFILES=$(cat sourcepaths.txt)
          echo "$LISTFILES"
          echo "Now bring it together and do something loopful"
          for f in $LISTFILES; do 
            echo "Do Some Command on this path $f"
          done
      
      # Runs a set of commands using the runners shell
      - name: Run a multi-line script looping on the content of a environment variable; note how there is no quotes aroun the variable
        env:
          LISTOFPATHS: |
            /var/www/path2
            /var/www/html/path3
        run: |
          echo Add other actions to build,
          echo test, and deploy your project.
          echo "Demonstrate you can just echo the Variable"
          echo "${{ env.LISTOFPATHS }}"
          echo "Now echo that variable into the for loop, enclosing the string as well"
          for f in $(echo "${{ env.LISTOFPATHS }}"); do 
            echo "Do Some Command on this path $f"
          done