Below is my playbook: - set_fact: excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + item | default('') }}" with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"
- debug: msg: "excludedfolder is {{ excludefolders }}" I get the below output ok: [10.0.17.113] => { "msg": "excludedfolder is -o -name custom -o -name tree -o -name log" However i want the variable to have single quotes around item like below: Expected output: ok: [10.0.17.113] => { "msg": "excludedfolder is -o -name 'custom' -o -name 'tree' -o -name 'log'" I tried to use escape charecter for single quotes but none of them worked. Below is what tried. - set_fact: excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + \' + item + \' | default('') }}" with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}" - set_fact: excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' ~ \' + item ~ \' | default('') }}" with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}" - set_fact: excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name \'' + item +'\'' | default('') }}" with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}" -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b857c17b-00f3-44bb-8fd8-4d08f597b6ce%40googlegroups.com.