Soooooo much better. Thank you!! On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Matt Martz <[email protected]> wrote:
> This happens when you do not have enough slashes. There are a different > number of slashes needed for escape based on if you are using complex args > (YAML) as opposed to args (key=value) > > complex args: \\\\ > args: \\ > > So you need to increase your slashes to a total of 4 > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Guy Matz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> $ ansible-playbook --version >> ansible-playbook 1.8 (devel 1d3a8bd39c) last updated 2014/09/18 10:33:54 >> (GMT -400) >> >> Hello! This is driving me bonkers . . . can anyone see what I'm doing >> wrong here? >> >> Setting a var, which is fine: >> - name: Get VBox version for installing extension pack >> command: /usr/bin/VBoxManage --version >> register: vbox_ver >> >> TASK: [workstation | debug msg={{ vbox_ver.stdout }}] >> ************************* >> ok: [localhost] => { >> "msg": "4.3.10_Ubuntur93012" >> } >> >> Then trying to set a fact based on that using regex_replace: >> - name: Set major/minor number of vbox release >> set_fact: >> vbox_ver_maj: "{{ vbox_ver.stdout | regex_replace('^(.*)_.*$','\\1') >> }}" >> >> which gives me: >> TASK: [workstation | debug msg={{ vbox_ver_maj }}] >> **************************** >> ok: [localhost] => { >> "msg": "\u0001" >> } >> >> when it should give me 4.3.10 . .. any thoughts would be greatly >> appreciated! >> >> Regards, >> Guy >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CABnTgtWSv7hBvv1soiw1bA7S%3DGUBbL-bad%3D0gSBzxB%3DyZjH%2BNA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CABnTgtWSv7hBvv1soiw1bA7S%3DGUBbL-bad%3D0gSBzxB%3DyZjH%2BNA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Matt Martz > @sivel > sivel.net > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAD8N0v-5CuijT2sDszVSt306cvnszTgqvyji2WVf_Uf0fJ1otg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAD8N0v-5CuijT2sDszVSt306cvnszTgqvyji2WVf_Uf0fJ1otg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CABnTgtV%3DUWTPxO_k4U66RVq13a8p8yT0t1pgxLjfyG0TUp5hpA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
