flattened – return single list completely flattened

Synopsis

• given one or more lists, this lookup will flatten any list elements found recursively until only 1 list is left.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms - / required			lists to flatten

Notes

Note

• unlike ‘items’ which only flattens 1 level, this plugin will continue to flatten until it cannot find lists anymore.

• aka highlander plugin, there can only be one (list).

Examples

- name: "'unnest' all elements into single list"
  debug: msg="all in one list {{lookup('flattened', [1,2,3,[5,6]], [a,b,c], [[5,6,1,3], [34,a,b,c]])}}"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
_raw list		flattened list

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Serge van Ginderachter <serge@vanginderachter.be>

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