ansible - example of splitting on \

output

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

TASK [Split user name from account var] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "I want just the username - someone"
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

play.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    account: 'somedomain\\someone'

  tasks:
    - name: Split user name from account var
      debug:
        msg: I want just the username - {{ account.split('\\')[1] }}