Thank you for your answer and the tip to get list of files (set_fact), now
it's working.
Best regards, J.
On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 6:23:13 PM UTC+1 Rowe, Walter P. (Fed) wrote:
> - name: look for backup files
>
> find:
>
> paths: /tmp
>
> recurse: false
>
> file_type: 'file'
>
> patterns: '^{{ item.filename }}\.[0-9]{6}.*$'
>
> use_regex: true
>
> loop: ['backup']
>
> * register: found*
>
>
> - name: get list of files
>
> set_fact:
>
> files: "{{ *found.results* | json_query('*[*].files[*][]*') }}"
>
>
> - name: show list of files
>
> debug: var=*item.path*
>
> loop: "{{ *files* }}"
>
>
> Walter
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> On Mar 13, 2023, at 1:11 PM, 'Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)' via Ansible Project <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> You are not registering the product of the task.
>
> find:
> paths: /tmp
> recurse: false
> file_type_ file
> patterns: '^{{ item.filename }}\.[0-9]{6}.*$'
> use_regex: yes
> loop: {{ file }}
>
> register: *found*
>
>
> You then need to look at *found.files* (a list) to see what is found.
> This is documented in the ansible find module.
>
> Walter
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> On Mar 13, 2023, at 12:39 PM, Hiero-nymo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've tried to using a variable in find module by pattern by it doesn't
> seems to work. Here's below a example. I also looked at another solution
> with set_facts but I doesn't run too.
> I want to list all the backup files in a directory. The files have a
> timestamp and it's filename will be defined by variable.
> Does anyone have an idea how should I proceed? or in which way?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
>
> Here's the variables:
> ---
> file:
> - filename: backup
> state: present
> [...]
>
> Here's the task:
> ---
> [...]
> find:
> paths: /tmp
> recurse: false
> file_type_ file
> patterns: '^{{ item.filename }}\.[0-9]{6}.*$'
> use_regex: yes
> loop: {{ file }}
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