Use "{{ jsonformat|to_json }}" to force the format to json.
Sample test:
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars:
foo: '{"a": [1,2,"3"]}'
tasks:
- shell: echo "{{ foo|to_json }}" > /tmp/output
After running:
$ cat /tmp/output:
{"a": [1,2,"3"]}
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Khuong Dinh Pham <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have this:
>
> - some_action: ....
> register: jsonformat
> - debug: var=jsonformat
> - local_action: shell echo {{ jsonformat }} > output
>
>
> The json in console is displayed fine from debug action but the output
> file is not a valid json. It has some escape and unicode values. How can i
> output a valid json document to a file from a variable?
>
> thx in advance.
>
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