Hi
The win_shell module actually executes a command in the PowerShell where
dir is an alias for Get-ChildItem. Get-ChildItem (and other PS cmdlets) do
not have parameters or switches in the form of /* which is why you are
getting this error. You can either change your task to use the PowerShell
cmdlet format or change the shell to cmd. You can also use win_find if you
want to have more advanced filters or search recursively so have a look at
that if you want to filter on the files.
- name: using native PS cmdlet
win_shell: Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp | ForEach-Object { $_.Name }
- name: change shell to cmd
win_shell: dir /b c:\temp
args:
executable: cmd
Here is the output of both of those tasks
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kmie9HG5SXk/Wd6GOD6cjnI/AAAAAAAAAQg/n_FT9OolfJQLpt_elaJmoPbHT7vyq1q4gCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-10-12%2Bat%2B6.59.03%2Bam.png>
In your case I would go with the cmd option as it is faster (5s as opening
Powershell takes time) and less verbose but the PS option is good if you
need to save variables or do something with the data before sending it back
to Ansible.
Thanks
Jordan
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