@Stefan i tried using quote but it does not help. Can you confirm if this 
is the right way to use quote ? See below: 


excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + item | quote | 
default('') }}"



On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 12:42:57 PM UTC+5:30, Stefan Hornburg 
(Racke) wrote:
>
> On 2/26/20 8:05 AM, Shifa Shaikh wrote: 
> > 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(',') }}" 
> > 
> > | 
> > 
>
> What about the quote filter? 
>
>
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#id8 
>
> Regards 
>          Racke 
>
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