Simple Shell Command not executing

[pradipto dasgupta]

 Hello All,

I am new in Ansible and was trying to execute a shell script in one of the remote hosts. The script runs fine when executed directly from the host. It is a simple shell script to create a folder.

The shell script is

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#!/bin/sh
sudo mkdir new

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The error I am getting is 

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fatal: [web1]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "create_new_folder.sh", "delta": "0:00:00.021853", "end": "2021-12-09 02:34:21.464383", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 127, "start": "2021-12-09 02:34:21.442530", "stderr": "/bin/sh: create_new_folder.sh: command not found", "stderr_lines": ["/bin/sh: create_new_folder.sh: command not found"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

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The yml file is

=======================

-
 name: Play1
 hosts: web1
 tasks:
  - name: Excute shell script
    shell: create_new_folder_pradipto.sh

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I also tried changing the yml file to

=======================

-
 name: Play1
 hosts: web1
 tasks:
  - name: Excute shell script
    shell: 

      cmd: create_new_folder_pradipto.sh

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Any idea what is wrong here

[pradipto dasgupta]

I can get the script run if I use the "command" module in the yml file

=======================

-
 name: Execute a script
 hosts: web1
 tasks:
  - name: Execute a simple script
    command: ./create_new_folder_pradipto.sh

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[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

That shell script is not in your PATH. If you just created the
script, you should use "cmd: ./create_new_folder_pradipto.sh"

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[sarbajit das]

Hi Pradipto,

As you can see the error says "create_new_folder.sh: command not found".

Just a little addition will resolve this issue.

The yml file is

=======================

-
 name: Play1
 hosts: web1
 tasks:

  - name: Execute shell script
    shell: sh create_new_folder_pradipto.sh

==============================

Try this one.

Regards,

Sarbajit Das

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[prave...@gmail.com]

Better use script module

  - name: Execute shell script

    script: create_new_folder_pradipto.sh

[pradipto dasgupta]

Thank you all. Eventually I realized I should be using "script" instead of "shell"

[Dick Visser]

Keep in mind 

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/script_module.html#notes

• It is usually preferable to write Ansible modules rather than pushing scripts. Convert your script to an Ansible module for bonus points!

Since your script just creates a directory that can be better done using an ansible file task.

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