ansible_distribution_major_version on the CLI

[Reece Webb]

Greets,

Hopefully this is a ridiculously simple question...

I'm trying to put together a one-liner (# ansible all -m copy...) that will copy a file to a linux host only if the OS is a specific version... RHEL7, for example, skipping any RHEL5. "ansible_distribution_major_version" seems to be the fact I'm interested in, but how do I use it outside of a playbook?

Thanks,

Reece

[Brian Coca]

Your problem here is that the adhoc command only runs a single task,
so you cannot run 'setup' (what runs when you gather_facts) to get the
info you need, also adhoc tasks do not have a way to add a when:
condition.

You need a playbook.

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Brian Coca

[Reece Webb]

Well that's annoying. Thanks for the explanation.

Reece