community.routeros.split filter – Split a command into arguments

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.routeros collection (version 2.20.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.routeros.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.routeros.split.

New in community.routeros 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Split a command into arguments.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.routeros.split.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

A command.

Examples

- name: Split command into list of arguments
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    argument_list: "{{ 'foo=bar comment="foo is bar" baz' | community.routeros.split }}"
    # Should result in ['foo=bar', 'comment=foo is bar', 'baz']

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

list / elements=string

The list of arguments.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.