Hi, Walter.
Yes, and it fails:
*fatal: [api-dev-01 -> localhost]: FAILED! => { "msg": "template error
while templating string: expected token 'end of print statement', got
'string'. String: {{ vm_facts.folders |
regex_replace('(\\\\[)|(\\\\])|(\\\\')', '') }}. expected token 'end of
print statement', got 'string'"}*
On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 9:27:25 AM UTC-5 Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)
wrote:
> Have you tried:
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> *regex_replace('(\\[)|(\\])**|(\\')**', '')*
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> Walter
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> On Jan 10, 2024, at 9:08 AM, Dimitri Yioulos <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hello, all.
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> I'm working with VMware modules in removing snapshots across all vCenter
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> vcenter_datacenter: First Datacenter tasks: - name: Find virtual
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> msg: "{{ vm_facts.folders }}" tags: - folder -
> name: Remove all snapshots of a VM
> community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot: hostname: "{{
> vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" datacenter: "{{
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> regex_replace('(\\[)|(\\])', '') }}" name: "{{ inventory_hostname
> }}" state: remove_all validate_certs: False
> delegate_to: localhost*
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> Previous to my having employed regex_replace, this is the output I'd get,
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> *"['/First Datacenter/vm/Prod-SRM']"*
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> The problem with that is *['* and *']*. They can't be part pf the folder
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> *" '/Bedford Datacenter/vm/Bedford-Prod-SRM' "*
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> Try as I may, I've not been able to find a way to also remove the single
> quotes (the double quotes can remain). I've tried appending to the
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> *regex_replace('(\\[)|(\\])'|(addlcodehere), '') }}*
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> Your kinf assistance requested.
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