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lines – read lines from command¶

Synopsis
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Status

Synopsis ¶

Run one or more commands and split the output into lines, returning them as a list

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms - / required			command(s) to run

Notes ¶

Note

Like all lookups, this runs on the Ansible controller and is unaffected by other keywords such as ‘become’. If you need to use different permissions, you must change the command or run Ansible as another user.
Alternatively, you can use a shell/command task that runs against localhost and registers the result.

Examples ¶

- name: We could read the file directly, but this shows output from command
  debug: msg="{{ item }} is an output line from running cat on /etc/motd"
  with_lines: cat /etc/motd

- name: More useful example of looping over a command result
  shell: "/usr/bin/frobnicate {{ item }}"
  with_lines:
    - "/usr/bin/frobnications_per_host --param {{ inventory_hostname }}"

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Key	Returned	Description
_list -		lines of stdout from command

Status ¶

Authors¶

Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com>

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