perfect, that did the trick. thx a lot! regards, andre
[email protected] schrieb am Montag, 29. Januar 2024 um 04:10:53 UTC+1: > This will be because you are using the full result from win_shell which > includes things like changed, rc, stdout, stderr, etc. You need to do `- > win_shell: "{{ pingpath.stdout |trim }} 9.9.9.9" and say you want to use > the stdout value of the result which contains the full path. The | trim is > also needed to trim the newline the stdout result will have. > > Putting that aside what is the purpose here, it's inefficient because you > are now using 2 tasks which involves setting up the connection and running > a command when you can just achieve it normally in one task and rely on the > normal PATH lookup. It also is more complicated because you might need to > quote the value if the path contains a space in it. > > - win_command: ping.exe 9.9.9.9 > > On Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 2:53:28 AM UTC+10 Todd Lewis wrote: > >> I'd start by adding a debug step to show what you actually registered: >> >> - name: Show what got registered in pingpath >> ansible.builtin.debug: >> msg: "{{ pingpath }}" >> >> Given that using it that way produced unexpected results, perhaps it's >> because the registered data aren't what you expect. >> >> >> On 1/26/24 10:20 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> hi, >> i want to use "get-command" to get the location of a program. in the next >> step i want to execute this program with a full qualified location. >> this example is just an example, i know there are other modules for doing >> a ping. >> >> i use >> (get-command ping).source >> to get the location. in the next step i want to execute this with a >> parameter: >> >> - name: get pingpath >> win_shell: "(get-command ping).source") >> register: pingpath >> - name test ping >> win_shell: "{{ pingpath }} 9.9.9.9" >> >> that throws an error because of an >> unexpected token: \":\" >> >> any idea how to fix this? >> >> regards, >> andre >> >> >> -- 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/cec0c3ac-175c-4b73-b2eb-e83a15937e93n%40googlegroups.com.
