SailsJS EJS filters not working

**Node version**: 12.13
**Sails version** _(sails)_: 1.2.3
**ORM hook version** _(sails-hook-orm)_: 2.1.1
**Sockets hook version** _(sails-hook-sockets)_: 2.0.0
**Grunt hook version** _(sails-hook-grunt)_: 4.0.0
**Uploads hook version** _(sails-hook-uploads)_:

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Hi Guys.
I am trying to create a filter for usage inside EJS templates.
the way described in the docs and issues related to versions 0.11 and 0.12 and none related to 1.x version of sails. i tried the methods and procedures in the old versions and yet it does not work in 1.2.3 version of sails.

what i need is to define a helper which successfully done and added the corresponding module and exported as it should with **sync: true** attribute in the module.exports.

the **/api/helpers/timm-text.js** :
```javascript
module.exports = {
friendlyName: 'Trimm text',
description: '',
inputs: {
txt:{
type:'string'
},
num:{
type:'number',
defaultsTo:50
}
},
sync : true,
exits: {
success: {
description: 'All done.',
},
},
fn: function (inputs,exits) {
sails.log.debug('trimming ');
return exits.success(inputs.txt.slice(0,inputs.num));
}
};
```
and in my template am trying to access it as such :
```html

<%= movie.plot | filters.trimmText %>

```
and yet with no luck as it just outputs
```html

0

```

Any idea how to use filters in the current version ?

Much Regards

Start with /api/helpers/timm-text.js and the EJS expression using filters.trimmText. Compare the helper's sync configuration and return value with the documented Sails 1.2.3 template usage, then verify that the template renders the trimmed plot text instead of 0.

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