In my case cut doesn't work. I m searching for a particular user from a password. $ grep anil /etc/passwd
Best Regards Jenisha T Whatsapp: +91 07598087866 On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 19:50, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/6/20 3:32 PM, Srinivas Naram wrote: > > Hello Jenisha, > > > > Assuming that you are getting this value from /etc/passwd., try to > change you command > > > > tail -1 /etc/passwd | awk '{split($0,a,":"); print a[1]}' > > > > cut -d : -f 1 is more concise and readable than your awk command. > > Otherwise I would really like to know why Jenisha resorts to reading the > password file. > > Regards > racke > > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:35 PM Dick Visser <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > you should either use set_fact, or register. Both doesn't make sense. > > > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 13:44, Jenisha T <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > Could you pls help me with the splitting value from the list. I > need to extract first value anil before ('':') > > > > > > grep_atm.stdout_lines output below > > > > > > ok: [localhost] => { > > > "msg": "anil:x:500:500:Anil:/home/anil:/bin/bash > > > " > > > } > > > > > > I tried, > > > - set_fact: > > > user_name: "{{ grep_atm.stdout_lines }}" > > > register: user_name.split(':')[0] > > > - debug: > > > var: user_name.split(':')[0] > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > [email protected] <mailto: > ansible-project%[email protected]>. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/42fb2917-8336-42a2-979a-44573e91fd77n%40googlegroups.com > . > > > > > > > > -- > > Dick Visser > > Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager > > GÉANT > > > > -- > > 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 > > [email protected] <mailto: > ansible-project%[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwMo1%3D9XhddQY_BDaREzKLRGS_xDvZbtu1o5UCj0R1h%3Duw%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > > 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 > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAG-N3P7NNjnbv7fZ5Vx0vmmTTyd9KntKpY-yOm75csqJ50cBmA%40mail.gmail.com > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAG-N3P7NNjnbv7fZ5Vx0vmmTTyd9KntKpY-yOm75csqJ50cBmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > >. > > > -- > Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application programming. > Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b4c85876-5359-f104-cd6f-03667cd7f93b%40linuxia.de > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAAGhZYjxvOgKKa1pFfh5oAp2JDzyeOmW0SE8zFM_j3vTefgaUw%40mail.gmail.com.
