Use a registered variable to access the return data. See example here: https://gist.github.com/privateip/6d3c2eb6a7301a4d20eda17af2b19be0
More about registered variables here: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#sts=Registered Variables%C2%B6 On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Eric Marquez <[email protected]> wrote: > Simple question, what’s the best way to capture stdout from a task that is > performed? For example I want to run a command to gather some telemetry > from a switch but is using the debug the best way to get the stdout data? > I feel like there is a different way to do this without using debug. > > > > > > --- > > - name: show mac address-table > > register: output > > nxos_command: > > commands: > > - show mac address-table | json > > provider: "{{ cli }}" > > - name: output debug for mac address-table > > debug: var=output > > > > > > - name: copy output to file > > copy: > > content: "{{ output.stdout_lines }}\n" > > dest: /var/tmp/macaddress.txt > > > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 [14393 - 16.0.7167.4026] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CY1PR0301MB12609B3A9DA5F3E17B7B4C39DD360%40CY1PR0301MB1260.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CY1PR0301MB12609B3A9DA5F3E17B7B4C39DD360%40CY1PR0301MB1260.namprd03.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEkdrMh%3DN%2BEOT_Joj_ou7hZ2qMF3WmtiVVWPJRb6KCaWOJVmfA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
