I have just tested as suggested by Todd, it is working fine for me.
below is the yml github link for the same.

https://github.com/area51coder/ansible_group_issues


Regards
Ravi Y
yoursmartbook.blogspot.com

[root ~]# cat /etc/ansible/reports/virtual_machine_names.txt
Virtual Machine Names
- windows10
- windows server 2008
- windows server 2012 client
- Centos 7-test new-29April2023
- ESXi6.7
- windows server 2012
- New Virtual Machine
- CentosTowerRedHat_192.168.29.71_134
- Centos-7-Ansible new lab_181
- testvm_1
- windows_test
- Ubuntu_Node2
- CentOS_Node1_192.168.29.237

On Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 12:08:36 AM UTC+5:30 Todd Lewis wrote:

> The debug module prints to the job log. It's a common mistake to try to 
> use the job log as formatted output for other purposes, like reports. 
> Instead you could use the ansible.builtin.template module to output the 
> desired data in some other file. Or you can take the often-warned-against 
> shortcut of using the copy module to do the same, like so:
>
> ---
> - name: Example
>   hosts: localhost
>   gather_facts: false
>   vars:
>     vm_info:
>       virtual_machines:
>         - {'guest_name': 'rhel8tst', 'guest_fullname': 'Red Hat Enterprise 
> Linux 8 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn', 'ip_address': 
> 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', 'mac_address': ['xxx'], 'uuid': 
> '422c523e-7bb0-1f95-1c16-742c30ba445d', 'vm_network': {'xxx': {'ipv4': 
> ['xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'], 'ipv6': ['xxx']}}, 'esxi_hostname': '.xxxx', 
> 'datacenter': 'xxxx', 'cluster': 'xxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 
> 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder': None, 'moid': 'vm-502018', 
> 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxx', 'url': 'xxx'}], 'allocated': {}}
>   tasks:
>     - name: Show virtual machines guest_name in job log
>       ansible.builtin.debug:
>         msg: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}"
>       with_items: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines }}"
>     - name: Print virtual machines guest_name in output file
>       ansible.builtin.copy: # should really use template here
>         content: |
>             Virtual Machine Names
>             {% for vm in vm_info.virtual_machines %}
>             - {{ vm['guest_name'] }}
>             {% endfor %}
>         dest: /tmp/virtual_machine_names.txt
>
>
> On 5/2/23 2:00 PM, Alex Wanderley wrote:
>
> Hello,  
>
> I need to collect some info from VMs in our VMware cluster and am having 
> trouble figuring out how to print only the information I need.
> When running the code below: 
>
>        - name: collect VMs in specific folder
>          community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
>               validate_certs: False
>               hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
>               username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
>               password: "{{ vcenter_passwd }}"
>               folder: "{{ vcenter_folder }}"
>          delegate_to: localhost
>          register: vm_info
>
>        - name: print VM info
>          debug:
>             msg: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}"
>          with_items: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines }}"
>
> I'm getting this result:
>
> TASK [print VM info] 
> ***********************************************************************************************
> ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'rhel8tst', 'guest_fullname': 'Red 
> Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn', 'ip_address': 
> 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', 'mac_address': ['xxx'], 'uuid': 
> '422c523e-7bb0-1f95-1c16-742c30ba445d', 'vm_network': {'xxx': {'ipv4': 
> ['xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'], 'ipv6': ['xxx']}}, 'esxi_hostname': '.xxxx', 
> 'datacenter': 'xxxx', 'cluster': 'xxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 
> 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder': None, 'moid': 'vm-502018', 
> 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxx', 'url': 'xxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => {
>     "msg": "rhel8tst"
> }
>
> How could I have (in this case) only the VM name "rhel8tst" printed out?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Alex
>
>
>

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