Dick Hi,
That was a typo; however, the problem remains!! Writing to a file is all
good with newline while writing to email body does not translate "\n" as
new line !! Could this be a bug? Kindly suggest.
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 3:37 PM Dick Visser <dick.vis...@geant.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 10:50, Shifa Shaikh <shifa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I see the problem is different than the direction we are debugging.
> >
> > When i write the variable to a file i see new lines but when the
> variable assigned to email body it does not interpolate the new line
> instead prints '\n'
> >
> > - copy
> > content: "{{ mailbody }}"
> > dest: /tmp/write.log
> >
> >
> >
> > - name: Send mail
> > mail:
> > host: localhost:
>
> There is an extra ':' here?
>
> > port: 25
> > subject: :Hi"
>
> There is an extra ':' here?
>
> > body: "{{ mailbody }}"
> > from: m...@myshop.com
> > to: y...@yourmail.com
>
>
> > Can you please suggest?
>
> You already put two errors in your task which prevent it from running
> correctly.
> So in that light, i'm wondering if your actual task does, in fact,
> contain more differences than what you've posted here.
>
> Also, "prints '\n'" indicates that you're echoing? and not mailing?
>
>
>
> >
> > On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 1:26:56 PM UTC+5:30, Stefan Hornburg
> (Racke) wrote:
> >>
> >> On 6/4/20 8:54 AM, Shifa Shaikh wrote:
> >> > I tried multiline too as below, but that too fails
> >> >
> >> > mailbody: |
> >> > "{{ mailbody | default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME: ' + PROFILE_NAME
> }}" + "\n"
> >> > "{{ 'SERVER_NAME: ' + SERVER_NAME }}"
> >> >
> >>
> >> Please try:
> >>
> >> mailbody: |
> >> {{ mailbody | default('') }}PROFILE_NAME: {{ PROFILE_NAME }}
> >> SERVER_NAME: + {{ SERVER_NAME }}
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Racke
> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> > Output:
> >> > ['"PROFILE_NAME: SPROD01" + "[file://\\n"\n]\\n"\n"SERVER_NAME:
> SPROD01SRV01"\n', '"PROFILE_NAME: SPROD02" +
> >> > "[file://\\n"\n]\\n"\n"SERVER_NAME: SPROD02SRV02"\n']
> >> >
> >> > Also tried:
> >> >
> >> > mailbody: |
> >> > "{{ mailbody | default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME: ' + PROFILE_NAME
> }}"
> >> > "{{ 'SERVER_NAME: ' + SERVER_NAME }}"
> >> >
> >> > and
> >> >
> >> > mailbody: |
> >> > "{{ mailbody | default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME: ' + PROFILE_NAME
> }}" + "\\n"
> >> > "{{ 'SERVER_NAME: ' + SERVER_NAME }}"
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:38 AM Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <
> ra...@linuxia.de <mailto:ra...@linuxia.de>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On 6/4/20 7:21 AM, Shifa Shaikh wrote:
> >> > > Stephan Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > The article does not discuss newline inside parenthesis `{{`
> inside a variable definition. That is where I have no
> >> > clue.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hello Shifa,
> >> >
> >> > parenthesis are fine inside multiline YAML.
> >> >
> >> > Regards
> >> > Racke
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 10:31:41 AM UTC+5:30, Stefan
> Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > On 6/4/20 6:41 AM, Shifa Shaikh wrote:
> >> > > > I tried all of these but have no clue to a solution.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > mailbody: "{{ mailbody | default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME:' +
> PROFILE_NAME + "\n" + 'SERVER_NAME:' + SERVER_NAME
> >> > + "\n" +
> >> > > > 'NODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME + "\n\n\n\n\" }}"
> >> > > >
> >> > > > mailbody: "{{ mailbody | default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME:' +
> PROFILE_NAME + '\n' + 'SERVER_NAME:' + SERVER_NAME
> >> > + '\n' +
> >> > > > 'NODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME + '\n\n\n\n\' }}"
> >> > > >
> >> > > > mailbody: "{{ mailbody | default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME:' +
> PROFILE_NAME ~ }} \n + {{ 'SERVER_NAME:' +
> >> > SERVER_NAME ~
> >> > > }} +
> >> > > > \n + {{ 'NODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME ~ }} \n\n\n\n\"
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Use multiline YAML: https://yaml-multiline.info/
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards
> >> > > Racke
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 2:27:48 AM UTC+5:30, Shifa
> Shaikh wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > @Dick VIsser Hi,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Upon your suggestion, I tried something like this but
> it too does not work.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |
> >> > > > -set_fact:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > mailbody:"{{ mailbody | default('') +
> 'PROFILE_NAME:' + PROFILE_NAME ~ \"\n\n\"'SERVER_NAME:' +
> >> > > SERVER_NAME
> >> > > > ~ \"\n\n\"'NODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME ~ \"\n\n\n\n\" }}"
> >> > > > |
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Can someone please suggest?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 11:49:10 PM UTC+5:30,
> Dick Visser wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I won't comment on whatever it is you're trying
> to do, but in any case you need to use double quotes
> >> > > around the
> >> > > > newlines
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 at 20:12, Shifa Shaikh <
> shif...@gmail.com <mailto:shif...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > How can I add new line characters to Ansible
> variable |mailbody. This mailbody variable is used
> >> > for mail
> >> > > > module's body attribute.|
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |
> >> > > > |
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I tried the below from suggestions but none
> of them works.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |1. |
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |- set_fact: mailbody: "{{ mailbody |
> default('') + 'PROFILE_NAME:' + PROFILE_NAME ~
> >> > '\n\nSERVER_NAME:' +
> >> > > > SERVER_NAME ~ '\n\nNODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME ~
> '\n\n\n\n' }}"|
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |2.|
> >> > > >
> >> > > > mailbody: "{{ mailbody | default('') +
> 'PROFILE_NAME:' + PROFILE_NAME ~}} {{ 'SERVER_NAME:' +
> >> > > SERVER_NAME ~ }}\n\n{{'NODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME ~
> }}\n\n\n\n"
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 3.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |mailbody: | "{{ mailbody | default('') +
> 'PROFILE_NAME:' + PROFILE_NAME ~}}" "{{ 'SERVER_NAME:' +
> >> > > > SERVER_NAME ~ }}" "{{'NODE_NAME:' + NODE_NAME
> ~ }}"|
> >> > > >
> >> > > > In the mail body i see '\n' instead of the
> new line charecter.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Can you please suggest ?
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > |
> >> > > > |
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