Register command output with_items

[Srividhya Mohan]

Hi

I have the following in my playbook

- hosts: localhost

  tasks:

    - name: echo output

      command: echo {{item}}

      register: echo_output

      with_items:

         - hi

         - hello

    

    - debug: msg="{{ echo_output.results}}"

    

 

When I run this playbook, I am getting the following

RES1SMOHANAS-M1:ansible-portal_platform smohanasundaram$ ansible-playbook -i inventory/sriDev.ini -c local portal_platform_liferay_patches_prestage.yml

 [WARNING]: The `prettytable` python module is not installed. Disabling the

HipChat callback plugin.

 [WARNING]: HipChat token could not be loaded. The HipChat token can be

provided using the `HIPCHAT_TOKEN` environment variable.

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************

ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK: [echo output] ***********************************************************

changed: [127.0.0.1] => (item=hi)

changed: [127.0.0.1] => (item=hello)

TASK: [debug msg="{{ echo_output.results}}"] **********************************

ok: [127.0.0.1] => {

    "msg": "[{u'stdout': u'hi', u'changed': True, u'end': u'2016-04-28 10:14:19.487867', u'start': u'2016-04-28 10:14:19.465853', u'cmd': [u'echo', u'hi'], u'rc': 0, 'item': 'hi', u'stderr': u'', u'delta': u'0:00:00.022014', 'invocation': {'module_name': u'command', 'module_args': u'echo hi'}, u'warnings': []}, {u'stdout': u'hello', u'changed': True, u'end': u'2016-04-28 10:14:19.710345', u'start': u'2016-04-28 10:14:19.688217', u'cmd': [u'echo', u'hello'], u'rc': 0, 'item': 'hello', u'stderr': u'', u'delta': u'0:00:00.022128', 'invocation': {'module_name': u'command', 'module_args': u'echo hello'}, u'warnings': []}]"

}

TASK: [debug msg="{{ echo_output.results|map(attribute='stdout')|list}}"] *****

ok: [127.0.0.1] => {

    "msg": "[u'hi', u'hello']"

}

TASK: [debug msg="{{ echo_output.results|map(attribute='stdout_lines')|list}}"] ***

ok: [127.0.0.1] => {

    "msg": "[Undefined, Undefined]"

}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************

127.0.0.1                  : ok=5    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0

'

Looks like stdout_lines is not present in the "echo_output.results". Please let me know what could be wrong here.

Thanks

Sri

[John Buxton]

Sri,

It would help if the your output matched the playbook you are running.

Your problem task isn't even in your test playbook!

 

TASK: [debug msg="{{ echo_output.results|map(attribute='stdout_lines')|list}}"] ***

ok: [127.0.0.1] => {

    "msg": "[Undefined, Undefined]"

}

Anyway, this works for me on stable-2.0.0.1 on centos 7.

I get the output below, which is probably what you are expecting:

ok: [t1] => {

    "msg": [

        [

            "hi"

        ], 

        [

            "hello"

        ]

    ]

}

[Srividhya Mohan]

Hi John

Do you mind sharing your playbook with me? So that I can take a look at the code.

Thanks

Sri