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env – read the value of environment variables¶

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Synopsis ¶

Allows you to query the environment variables available on the controller when you invoked Ansible.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms - / required			Environment variable or list of them to lookup the values for

Examples ¶

- debug: msg="{{ lookup('env','HOME') }} is an environment variable"

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
_list list		values from the environment variables.

Status ¶

This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

Jan-Piet Mens (@jpmens) <jpmens(at)gmail.com>

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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.