"Dirty" find printout question

[Alex Wanderley]

Hello,

We have a simple/working playbook that looks for log files based on the server's name and prints the file(s) it could find:

  vars:
      log_files: "/path/to/directory"
  tasks:
    - name: Collect log files
      ansible.builtin.find:
         path: "{{ log_files }}/"
         patterns: "*{{ inventory_hostname }}*"
      register: log_search
   
    - name: print collection result
      ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "{{ item.path }}"
      with_items: "{{ log_search.files }}"

For each file found, the the printout looks like this:
ok: [SERVER_NAME] => (item={'path': '/path/to/directory/logs/monitor-<SERVER_NAME>-02-2024.03.18.log', 'mode': '0644',
'isdir': False, 'ischr': False, 'isblk': False, 'isreg': True, 'isfifo': False, 'islnk': False, 'issock': False, 'uid': 999, 'gid': 999,
 'size': 272091, 'inode': 12956486, 'dev': 45, 'nlink': 1, 'atime': 1710905864.848738, 'mtime': 1710827942.815553, 'ctime': 1710827942.815553,
 'gr_name': 'xxxxx', 'pw_name': 'xxxxx', 'wusr': True, 'rusr': True, 'xusr': False, 'wgrp': False, 'rgrp': True, 'xgrp': False, 'woth': False,
 'roth': True, 'xoth': False, 'isuid': False, 'isgid': False}) => {
      "msg": "/path/to/directory/logs/monitor-<SERVER_NAME>-02-2024.03.18.log"
}

How could I, if even possible, format the printout so it would only show the whole path to the file, omitting/discarding all the other file attributes information?

(And please forgive my ignorance...)

Thanks a lot,

Alex

--

 

Alex Wanderley Application and Infrastructure Analyst II Server Solutions & Automation Financial and Corporate Services | Open City and Technology     780-496-4156  Office 780-819-0273  Mobile   City of Edmonton Century Place, 19th Floor 9803 102A Avenue NW Edmonton AB, T5J 3A3   All information contained in this email post is proprietary to the City of Edmonton, confidential and intended only for the addressed recipient. If you have received this post in error, please disregard the contents, inform the sender of the misdirection, and remove it from your system. The copying, dissemination or distribution of this email, if misdirected, is strictly prohibited.

The contents of this message and any attachment(s) are confidential, proprietary to the City of Edmonton, and are intended only for the addressed recipient. If you have received this in error, please disregard the contents, inform the sender of the misdirection, and remove it from your system. The copying, dissemination, or distribution of this message, if misdirected, is strictly prohibited.

[Matt Martz]

The functionality you are looking for is the `label` option of `loop_control`: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_loops.html#limiting-loop-output-with-label

--
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 ansible-proje...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CADp8UUQpNfDY02hCi_emzz_M6%2BB8-xE%3DaotbdVdSNsVPKHc7aw%40mail.gmail.com.

--

Matt Martz
@sivel
sivel.net

[Alex Wanderley]

Thanks for the quick reply, Matt...!

I'll take a look at that...

Alex

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAD8N0v-kUkvgdNLqj7qDa3yy87YxhgbLkTw8yGcwN5Jph9xg6g%40mail.gmail.com.

[Alex Wanderley]

Yes, it worked like a charm by going with:

    - name: print collection result
      ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "{{ item.path }}"

      loop: "{{ log_search.files }}"

      loop_control:

         label: "{{ item.path }}"

   

Again, thanks a lot!

Alex      

[Dick Visser]

It may be easier and less noisy to pick the path attribute and drop the loop altogether:

    - name: print collection result
      ansible.builtin.debug:

         msg: "{{ log_search.files | map(attribute='path') }}"

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CADp8UUTZc-4O7Kvwz2crW-9o-df4b6SYMbRzrQAqZ9A060baBg%40mail.gmail.com.

[Alex Wanderley]

Yup, a more concise way and worked the same...!

Thanks for that, Dick!

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAF8BbLYzwdc31Gvy-DnBx-5e_TCTzYJ0YFje8vTA7QXLodvD_w%40mail.gmail.com.