On 2/24/20 9:52 PM, Dick Visser wrote: > You can’t resolve variables with names that contain variables themselves. > Instead, use a lookup: > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/vars.html > > Also try to use the args: chdir option instead of doing &&, see > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/shell_module.html >
"{{ vars['EXCLUDE_' + Layer] }}" should work though.
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Racke
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 at 19:18, Shifa Shaikh <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> I have a playbook where I load a variable file
>
> |
> cat vars/BASE.yaml
>
>
> EXCLUDE_front:value1
> EXCLUDE_back:value2
> |
>
>
> I run my test.yml playbook using this command:
>
> |
> ansible-playbook test.yml -e Layer="back"-e base_folder="/tmp"
>
>
> -name:Loada variable file"
> include_vars:
> file: "vars/BASE.yaml"
>
> - name: Collect data
> shell: "cd {{base_folder }}&&find .-type d \\(-name 'BACKUP'-o -name
> 'vars[EXCLUDE_{{ Layer }}]'\\)-prune -o -type
> f -execcksum {}+|awk '{$1=\"\"}1'"
> register: outputfiles
> |
>
> I also tried
>
> |
> shell:"cd {{ base_folder }} && find . -type d \\( -name 'BACKUP' -o
> -name 'vars[EXCLUDE_ + Layer ]' \\) -prune -o
> -type f -exec cksum {} + | awk '{$1=\"\"}1'"
> |
>
> and
>
> |
> shell:"cd {{ base_folder }} && find . -type d \\( -name 'BACKUP' -o
> -name 'vars[EXCLUDE_ ~ Layer ]' \\) -prune -o
> -type f -exec cksum {} + | awk '{$1=\"\"}1'"
> |
>
> however, instead of loading value1 or value2, I get the below nature of
> error:
>
> "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error
> was: 'EXCLUDE_' is undefined\n\nT
>
>
> Can you please suggest what is wrong with my playbook?
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