Walter, to further my knowledge, would you mind explaining further what
this regex \"([\\[\\]'])\",' does? Is the regex specifi to regex_replace?
On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 10:33:53 AM UTC-5 Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
> Walter, that worked, and thanks so much! I both appreciate the regex
> solution, and it simplification. I also probably be able to reuse this,
> with some modifications, depending on what I'm trying to accomplish. Double
> win. Thanks again!
>
> On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 10:14:32 AM UTC-5 Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)
> wrote:
>
>> This works.
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>> regex_replace(\"([\\[\\]'])\",'')
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>> Escaping the double quotes that define the search regex gets around
>> needing to escape the single quote. Also note that I collapsed your search
>> into a single character set.
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>> ---
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>> - name: test
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>> hosts: localhost
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>> become: false
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>> gather_facts: false
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>> vars:
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>> mystr: "['/First Datacenter/vm/Prod-SRM']"
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>> tasks:
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>> - debug: msg="{{ mystr | regex_replace(\"([\\[\\]'])\",'') }}"
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>> *% ansible-playbook -i localhost, foo.yml*
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>> PLAY [test]
>> ************************************************************************************************************
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>> TASK [debug]
>> ***********************************************************************************************************
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>> ok: [localhost] => {
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>> "msg": "/First Datacenter/vm/Prod-SRM"
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>> }
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>> PLAY RECAP
>> *************************************************************************************************************
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>> localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0
>> failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
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>> The solution was found on this stack overflow page.
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>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52495838/ansible-remove-the-single-quote-character-from-a-string
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>> Walter
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>> On Jan 10, 2024, at 9:27 AM, Rowe, Walter P. (Fed) <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Have you tried:
>>
>> *regex_replace('(\\[)|(\\])**|(\\')**', '')*
>>
>> 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
>> folders. In order for this to work, I first have to get the folders in
>> which the virtual machines live. Here's the playbook:
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>> VMware password" private: yes vars: vcenter_hostname:
>> vcenter1.mycompany.com <http://vcenter1.mycompany.com>
>> vcenter_datacenter: First Datacenter tasks: - name: Find virtual
>> machine's folder name vmware_guest_find: hostname: "{{
>> vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
>> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
>> validate_certs: False delegate_to: localhost
>> ignore_errors: true register: vm_facts tags: *
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>> name: Remove all snapshots of a VM
>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot: hostname: "{{
>> vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
>> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" datacenter: "{{
>> vcenter_datacenter }}" folder: "{{ vm_facts.folders |
>> 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,
>> e.g., for a vm's folder:
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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
>> name. After employing regex-replace, the output is:
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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
>> regex_replace, but every piece of code i've used has failed.
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>> *regex_replace('(\\[)|(\\])'|(addlcodehere), '') }}*
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>> Your kinf assistance requested.
>>
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