Is it possible to pass arguments to a task in Visual Studio Code

Question

Here\'s an example of my tasks.json:

{
  \"version\": \"0.1.0\",
  \"tasks\": [
    {
      \"taskName\": \"test\",
      \"suppressTaskName\":          


        

Answer 1

Here's what is working for me for now - using this to run a golang snippet with custom arguments. If you add a keyboard mapping to this, the process is very straightforward.

So far tested this only under Windows - linux version is commented out for that reason

{
        "label": "runwithargs",
        "type": "shell",
        "windows": {
            "options": {
                "shell": {
                    "executable": "powershell.exe",
                    "args": [
                        "-NoProfile",
                        "-ExecutionPolicy",
                        "Bypass",
                        "-Command"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "command": "",
            "args": [
                { "value": "$cmdargs = read-host 'Enter command line arguments';", "quoting": "weak"},
                { "value": "go run ${file} $cmdargs", "quoting": "weak"}
            ]
        },
        /*"linux": {
            "command": "echo 'Enter command line arguments: '; read cmdargs;",
            "args": [ "go run ${file} $cmdargs" ]                
        },*/          
        "presentation": {
            "panel": "dedicated",
            "focus": true
        }
    }