How to escape single quotes within single quotes in Ansible

[Shifa Shaikh]

Below is my playbook:

   - set_fact:
       excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + item | default('') }}"
     with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"


   - debug:
       msg: "excludedfolder is {{ excludefolders }}"

I get the below output

ok: [10.0.17.113] => { "msg": "excludedfolder is -o -name custom -o -name tree -o -name log"

However i want the variable to have single quotes around item like below:

Expected output:

ok: [10.0.17.113] => { "msg": "excludedfolder is -o -name 'custom' -o -name 'tree' -o -name 'log'"

I tried to use escape charecter for single quotes but none of them worked. Below is what  tried.

   - set_fact:
       excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + \' + item + \'  | default('') }}"
     with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"


   - set_fact:
       excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' ~ \' + item ~ \'  | default('') }}"
     with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"


   - set_fact:
       excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name \''  + item +'\''  | default('') }}"
     with_items: "{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 2/26/20 8:05 AM, Shifa Shaikh wrote:
> Below is my playbook:
>
> |
>    -set_fact:

What about the quote filter?

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#id8

Regards
Racke

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[Shifa Shaikh]

@Stefan i tried using quote but it does not help. Can you confirm if this is the right way to use quote ? See below: 

excludefolders: "{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + item | quote | default('') }}"

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