Merge pull request #3541 from pol/docs_withitems_regivar

Create with_items example with a registered var
pull/3585/merge
Michael DeHaan 12 years ago
commit 10bc6f6d9c

@ -800,6 +800,24 @@ The 'register' keyword decides what variable to save a result in. The resulting
- shell: echo "motd contains the word hi" - shell: echo "motd contains the word hi"
when: motd_contents.stdout.find('hi') != -1 when: motd_contents.stdout.find('hi') != -1
As shown previously, the registered variable's string contents are accessible with the 'stdout' method.
The registered result can be used in the "with_items" of a task if it is converted into
a list (or already is a list) as shown below in another trivial example::
- name: registered variable usage as a with_items list
hosts: all
tasks:
- name: retrieve the list of home directories
command: ls /home
register: home_dirs
- name: add home dirs to the backup spooler
file: path=/mnt/bkspool/{{item}} src=/home/{{ item }} state=link
with_items: home_dirs.stdout.split()
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