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Command `nx run project:command` does not work if `command` contains a colon (`:`)

See original GitHub issue

Current Behavior

When I try to run the command yarn nx run project:command where the command has colon char in it, nx returns an error as it is not be able to recognise it. E.g. I have a command in each package that is sub:cmd. I try to run that command for one package with yarn nx run package-a:"sub:cmd" and it returns the error NX Cannot find target 'sub' for project 'package-a'. I tried with double quotes, with single quotes, and without, but I always receive the same error.

If I use the command format yarn nx sub:cmd package-a it works.

Expected Behavior

Being able to execute a command in a package with colon in the command

Steps to Reproduce

You can use this link to reproduce the error. Head to the terminal and try to run yarn nx run package-a:"sub:cmd"

Failure Logs

Environment

   Node : 14.18.1
   OS   : linux x64
   yarn : 1.22.17

   nx : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/angular : undefined
   @nrwl/cli : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/cypress : undefined
   @nrwl/detox : undefined
   @nrwl/devkit : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : undefined
   @nrwl/express : undefined
   @nrwl/jest : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/js : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/linter : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/nest : undefined
   @nrwl/next : undefined
   @nrwl/node : undefined
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : undefined
   @nrwl/react : undefined
   @nrwl/react-native : undefined
   @nrwl/schematics : undefined
   @nrwl/storybook : undefined
   @nrwl/tao : 13.8.5
   @nrwl/web : undefined
   @nrwl/workspace : 13.8.5
   typescript : 4.5.5
   rxjs : 6.6.7
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  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Reactions:4
  • Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

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3reactions
eladocommented, May 6, 2022

I can confirm that wrapping with quotes works. In the terminal I had to escape the quotes with \".

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gioraguttcommented, Mar 17, 2022

That’s the method that nx run uses to parse the string (which parse-target-string.ts should be using but doesn’t).

It should be a fairly easy PR. It would however impose more complexity on splitTarget, as it introduces an edge case (package-a:"sum:cmd) which needs to be handled.

Also docs 😅

EDIT: looking at lines 9-12 of the method I referenced above, it should already work 🤨

Relevant commit addressing this issue: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/commit/7d148598637cec5f19ae4963a3a146570efbd0b2

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