http://ansibleworks.com/docs/playbooks_loops.html#looping-over-fileglobs
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Walid <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I would like to run the module lineinfile against several files that > exist on the remote managed host. I saw in the changelog for 1.4 that i > can use the following lookup plugin feature: > " added a fileglob filter that will return files matching a glob pattern. > with_items: "/foo/pattern/*.txt | fileglob" > however i did not seem to get it right, see below, could you please let me > know what other possible ways to do this, or what i might be doing wrong > below > I tried it with a simple debug task as follows: > > - action: shell echo "{{ item }}" > with_items: > - " /etc/* | fileglob" > register: task > tags: > - globtest > - debug: msg="{{item.item}}" > with_items: task.results > when: item.changed == True > tags: > - globtest > > > however it did not work for me as i expected it, it returned the following > : > TASK: [common | shell echo ""] > ************************************************ > changed: [tlcav117] => (item= /etc/* | fileglob) > > TASK: [common | debug msg="{{item.item}}"] > ************************************ > ok: [tlcav117] => (item={'item': ' /etc/* | fileglob', u'delta': > u'0:00:00.002148', u'cmd': u'echo " /etc/* | fileglob" ', u'end': > u'2013-11-22 23:44:54.216654', u'stderr': u'', u'stdout': u' /etc/* | > fileglob', 'invocation': {'module_name': 'shell', 'module_args': u'echo " > /etc/* | fileglob"'}, u'changed': True, u'rc': 0, u'start': u'2013-11-22 > 23:44:54.214506'}) => { > "item": { > "changed": true, > "cmd": "echo \" /etc/* | fileglob\" ", > "delta": "0:00:00.002148", > "end": "2013-11-22 23:44:54.216654", > "invocation": { > "module_args": "echo \" /etc/* | fileglob\"", > "module_name": "shell" > }, > "item": " /etc/* | fileglob", > "rc": 0, > "start": "2013-11-22 23:44:54.214506", > "stderr": "", > "stdout": " /etc/* | fileglob" > }, > "msg": " /etc/* | fileglob" > } > > regards > > Walid > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> CTO, AnsibleWorks, Inc. http://www.ansibleworks.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
