My guess is that pipe is trying to run an executable named exactly this: "/home/BreadPitt/program/executable --version" vs passing the --version option to the executable.
Walter -- Walter Rowe, Division Chief Infrastructure Services, OISM Mobile: 202.355.4123 On May 15, 2023, at 9:40 AM, LT <[email protected]> wrote: I am trying to retrieve the version number of the installed executable. The complete path exists, the file has executable permissions, but I am encountering a 127 error, indicating that the file does not exist. Have I missed something? Here is the code that I have: - set_fact: remote_version: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', '/home/' + username + '/program/executable_file' + ' --version') }}" The error that I am getting: fatal: [xxx.yyy.zzz.fff]: FAILED! => {"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'ansible.builtin.pipe'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: lookup_plugin.pipe(/home/BreadPitt/program/executable --version) returned 127. lookup_plugin.pipe( /home/BreadPitt/program/executable --version) returned 127"} -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/808be77b-2253-48b2-9664-9ad16f8f3ab2n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/808be77b-2253-48b2-9664-9ad16f8f3ab2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/6A19AB81-81F8-4F95-A192-06A0C65DBAA2%40nist.gov.
