I use shell a fair amount and have occasionally run into some similar issues. I sometimes wrap the entire shell command in single or double quotes, if it contains a special character. An example:
- name: determine firefox version shell: "firefox -v | cut -d ' ' -f3" register: ffversion I also used double quotes with sed commands in the past, but lineinfile works just as well. However, I sometimes have to play with the quote placement for a while to make lineinfile work. Joanna On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 4:17:34 PM UTC-6, Jim McMahon wrote: > > The shell module seems to escape special characters like \ and ". Is > there a way so that the shell module doesn't escape these characters? Are > there any tips on how handle situations where you want double quotes? > -- 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/8c78206c-85aa-4279-9227-f2380b12f9d3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
