ARM templates more lines - azure-resource-manager

I have an issue with ARM templates where, when there is an error, it will always say line 1.
##[error]Deployment template validation failed: 'The template resource at line '1' and column '3276'
is not valid: The template function 'reference' is not expected at this location. Please see
https://aka.ms/arm-template-expressions for usage details..
My ARM template clearly has more lines than 1. This makes troubleshooting very hard. How do I save the file so that is has more lines when an error occures??
Additional information
Deploy method: YAML (Azure DevOps)
- task: AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment#3
inputs:
deploymentScope: 'Resource Group'
azureResourceManagerConnection: ***
subscriptionId: ***
action: 'Create Or Update Resource Group'
resourceGroupName: ***
location: 'West Europe'
templateLocation: 'Linked artifact'
csmFile: 'pipelines/azuredeploy.json'
csmParametersFile: 'pipelines/azuredeploy.parameters.json'
deploymentMode: 'Incremental'
deploymentName: 'AzureDeployment-$(fullversion)'
Encoding used: UTF-8
End of line sequence: CRLF
Thank you very much in advance.

According to the error, you do not use the Azure ARM template function reference in the right location. In fact, the reference function just can be used in the properties of a resource definition and the outputs section of a template or deployment. For more details, please refer to the document
Besides, you can use the Powershell command Test-AzResourceGroupDeployment -debug to debug your ARM template.

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