How to run with specific version in grunt?

[bluecaret]

Hello, I'm trying to setup hugo-cli to use a specific version (the latest extended version) via a grunt-exec script but any time I do that I get an error:

>> 'HUGO_VERSION' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>> Exited with code: 1.
>> Error executing child process: Error: Command failed: HUGO_VERSION=extended_0.64.0 npx hugo-cli
>> 'HUGO_VERSION' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.

I think I have found that if I run it like this in a standard command prompt (via the below commands) it works, but I am unable to get this to work via grunt no matter the combinations I try.

> set HUGO_VERSION=extended_0.64.0
> npx hugo-cli

This is a windows machine.

Thanks!

[nikku]

Please learn how to pass environment variables to the script you execute via grunt.

FOO=1 some-cmd

does not work on Windows. You could use cross-env to make things compatible.

[bluecaret]

Thank you for the quick response. cross-env is exactly what I was needing!

For anyone else, the link above doesn't work but I found it here: https://github.com/kentcdodds/cross-env