how to parse variable in patterns by find module

[Hiero-nymo]

Hi everyone,

I've tried to using a variable in find module by pattern by it doesn't seems to work. Here's below a example. I also looked at another solution with set_facts but I doesn't run too.

I want to list all the backup files in a directory. The files have a timestamp and it's filename will be defined by variable.

Does anyone have an idea how should I proceed? or in which way?

Thanks in advance for your help

Here's the variables:

---

file:

  - filename: backup

    state: present

[...]

Here's the task:

---

[...]

find:

  paths: /tmp

  recurse: false

  file_type_ file

  patterns: '^{{ item.filename }}\.[0-9]{6}.*$'

  use_regex: yes

loop: {{ file }}

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

Hello, you need to quote the argument for the loop:

loop: '{{ file }}'

Regards
Racke

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[Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)]

You are not registering the product of the task.

find:

  paths: /tmp

  recurse: false

  file_type_ file

  patterns: '^{{ item.filename }}\.[0-9]{6}.*$'

  use_regex: yes

loop: {{ file }}

register: found

You then need to look at found.files (a list) to see what is found. This is documented in the ansible find module.

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[Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)]

    - name: look for backup files

      find:

        paths: /tmp

        recurse: false

        file_type: 'file'

        patterns: '^{{ item.filename }}\.[0-9]{6}.*$'

        use_regex: true

      loop: ['backup']

      register: found

    - name: get list of files

      set_fact:

        files: "{{ found.results | json_query('[*].files[*][]') }}"

    - name: show list of files

      debug: var=item.path

      loop: "{{ files }}"

Walter
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[Hiero-nymo]

Thank you for your answer and the tip to get list of files (set_fact), now it's working.

Best regards, J.