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If a task fails or is skipped, Ansible still registers a variable with a failure or skipped status, unless the task is skipped based on tags. See Tags for information on adding and using tags. | If a task fails or is skipped, Ansible still registers a variable with a failure or skipped status, unless the task is skipped based on tags. See Tags for information on adding and using tags. | ||
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| + | https://www.middlewareinventory.com/blog/ansible-search-string-file-check-if-string-exists/ | ||
| + | - name: [[Search string with lineinfile]] | ||
| + | hosts: yourhost | ||
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| + | tasks: | ||
| + | - name: "Searching for a String" | ||
| + | become: yes | ||
| + | become_user: root | ||
| + | register: ispresentvar | ||
| + | [[shell:]] "[[grep -i]] 'YOUR_TEXT' /path/to/your/file.txt" | ||
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| + | - name: "sample task in case the String present in the file" | ||
| + | debug: msg="INFO YOUR_TEXT is present in /path/to/your/file.txt" | ||
| + | when: ispresentvar is changed | ||
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* <code>[[when:]]</code> | * <code>[[when:]]</code> | ||
* <code>[[msg: The task includes an option with an undefined variable.]]</code> | * <code>[[msg: The task includes an option with an undefined variable.]]</code> | ||
| + | * [[Ansible state]], <code>[[state:]]</code> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:10, 8 September 2023
You can create variables from the output of an Ansible task with the task keyword.
If a task fails or is skipped, Ansible still registers a variable with a failure or skipped status, unless the task is skipped based on tags. See Tags for information on adding and using tags.
https://www.middlewareinventory.com/blog/ansible-search-string-file-check-if-string-exists/
- name: Search string with lineinfile hosts: yourhost tasks: - name: "Searching for a String" become: yes become_user: root register: ispresentvar shell: "grep -i 'YOUR_TEXT' /path/to/your/file.txt" - name: "sample task in case the String present in the file" debug: msg="INFO YOUR_TEXT is present in /path/to/your/file.txt" when: ispresentvar is changed
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- Ansible modules:
gather_facts, set_fact,ansible.builtin.file,lineinfile,stat,group,mount,git:,package:,command:,shell:,raw:,template:,register:,user:, Ansible playbooks examples,tasks:,lineinfile, blockinfile:,shell:,command:,raw:,ansible.builtin.file, service:, aws.ecs_taskdefinition, aws.asg, docker_container, kubernetes.core.k8s,community.,include_tasks - Ansible: modules, plugins, Playbooks (examples)
ansible-playbook,ansible-vault,ansible-inventory,ansible-config, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy),ansible-cmdb,gather facts,ansible.cfg,Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections,register,template,--ask-pass,--ask-become-pass,remote_user:,/etc/ansible/hosts,ansible-doc,ansible-lint,.ansible/,--forks,--start-at-task,changelog,inventory,Notify:,ansible HOSTNAME -m ping,gathering,/usr/bin/ansible,ansible -m ping,ansible.builtin,hosts: (Ansible),set fact:,when:,blockinfile:,become method:,include:,git:, AWX,ansible --help, Tags, Ansible variables, versions
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