looking for optimizations

[Paul]

Hey all, I am currently on the older 1.7 (looking to upgrade shortly). I have a question in regards to optimization of tasks.

I have a role where I collect some output from other task actions and im trying to use them in the mail module.

Unfortunately if I try to format subject: to how I want the output to look, not all the data is represented correctly in the body of the mail.

I spent some time looking around yesterday and I know that there is a possibility of using a template, but I got myself going with the following.

     - name: Distributing files

       synchronize: src="{{streams_path}}/" dest="{{prod_config}}/" rsync_opts="--exclude=scripts/"

       register: sync_out

     - debug: var=sync_out

     - set_fact:
         email1: "The following files have been distributed to the following DCS servers: \n\n"


     - set_fact:
         email2: "{{play_hosts}}"


     - set_fact:
         email3: "\n\n"


     - set_fact:
         email4: "{{sync_out.msg | regex_replace('.* ')}}"
       run_once: true
"{{sync_out.msg | regex_replace('.* ')}}"

     - name: email

       local_action:

                mail

                subject="**DCS Streams distribution"

                body="{{email1}}{{email2}}{{email3}}{{email4}}"

                from="te...@foo.com"

                to="{{mailto}}"

       run_once: true

As mentioned, this gets me what I need to see in the body, but it seem excessive to me?  was trying to combine everything into a multiline var but the vars "{{play_hosts}}" and "{{sync_out.msg | regex_replace('.* ')}}" were not being printed correctly as they are lists.

Thanks in advance for any comments..