import type { Arguments } from 'yargs-parser';
/** parsed task object with selector and args */
export interface Task {
    selector: string;
    args: string[];
}
/**
 * parse global arguments from an argv object
 * @param argv an arguments object containing the command line arguments
 * @returns an array of cleaned up global arguments as strings
 */
export declare function parseGlobalArgs(argv: Arguments): string[];
/**
 * parse task string and return a parsed task object with selector and args
 * @param spec the task string to parse
 * @param globalArgs the global arguments to be added to each task
 * @returns parsed task object with selector and args
 */
export declare function parseTaskSpec(spec: string, globalArgs: string[]): Task;
/**
 * select tasks based on a pattern
 * @param tasks array of available tasks in the format 'task:subtask:subsubtask'
 * @param pattern pattern to match tasks ('*' wildcard for single level and '**' wildcard for multiple levels)
 * @returns array of tasks that match the pattern
 */
export declare function selectTasks(tasks: string[], pattern: string): string[];
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