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Check whether a string is found through grep
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- name: Check if a string is found through grep | |
hosts: all | |
vars: | |
filename: /tmp/rc.txt | |
dst_folder: /tmp/hosts | |
tasks: | |
- name: delete the centralized file | |
file: | |
path: "{{ filename }}" | |
state: absent | |
delegate_to: localhost | |
run_once: true | |
- name: ensure directory exists | |
file: | |
path: "{{ dst_folder }}" | |
state: directory | |
delegate_to: localhost | |
run_once: true | |
- name: grep the string | |
shell: grep -ir stringToFind /the/path | |
register: result | |
failed_when: false # "result.rc not in [ 0, 1 ]" | |
- name: print output to screen | |
debug: | |
msg: "{{ result.rc }}" | |
- name: print output to file per host | |
copy: | |
content: "{{ result.rc }}" | |
dest: "{{ dst_folder }}/{{ ansible_hostname }}.txt" | |
delegate_to: localhost | |
- name: print output to a centralized file | |
lineinfile: | |
path: "{{ filename }}" | |
line: "{{ ansible_hostname }} {{ result.rc }}" | |
create: true | |
delegate_to: localhost | |
... |
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