I am trying to find all '.vim*' files for a list of users in their home directory and remove them later on.
What I do:
vars:
vim_users:
- user1
- user2
tasks:
- name: finding old vim configs in ~/ for all users
find:
file_type: any
paths: ~/
patterns: '.vim*'
hidden: yes
register: user_vim_config_files
become: yes
become_user: "{{ item }}"
with_items: "{{ vim_users }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.files.path }}"
with_items:
- "{{ user_vim_config_files.results}}"
But getting Debug module failed:
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [rpi]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined.
The error was: 'list object' has no attribute 'path'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/Users/drew/CloudStation/rpi-scripts/minibian_start/ansible/test.yml': line 51, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - debug:\n ^ here\n"}
to retry, use: --limit @/Users/drew/CloudStation/rpi-scripts/minibian_start/ansible/test.retry
Although if I remove ".path" ( path - this is what I need later for removing files with file module) and do the same but with:
...
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.files }}"
with_items:
- "{{ user_vim_config_files.results}}"
Then I get this:
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [rpi] => (item={u'files': [{u'uid': 1000, u'woth': False, u'mtime': 1506392506.3046005, u'inode': 9017, u'isgid': False, u'size': 951, u'roth': False, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'gid': 1000, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u'rusr': True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': False, u'path': u'/home/drew/.viminfo', u'xusr': False, u'atime': 1506392506.3046005, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': 1506392506.3046005, u'wgrp': False, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 45826, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0600', u'islnk': False}, {u'uid': 0, u'woth': False, u'mtime': 1506872972.448914, u'inode': 118, u'isgid': False, u'size': 0, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'gid': 0, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u'rusr': True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'path': u'/home/drew/.vimrc', u'xusr': False, u'atime': 1506872972.448914, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': 1506872972.448914, u'wgrp': False, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 45826, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0644', u'islnk': False}, {u'uid': 0, u'woth': False, u'mtime': 1506872982.078843, u'inode': 140, u'isgid': False, u'size': 4096, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': False, u'gid': 0, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': True, u'rusr': True, u'nlink': 2, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'path': u'/home/drew/.vim', u'xusr': True, u'atime': 1506872982.078843, u'isdir': True, u'ctime': 1506872982.078843, u'wgrp': False, u'xgrp': True, u'dev': 45826, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0755', u'islnk': False}], '_ansible_parsed': True, u'changed': False, '_ansible_no_log': False, '_ansible_item_result': True, 'item': u'drew', u'examined': 9, u'msg': u'', u'invocation': {u'module_args': {u'paths': [u'~/'], u'file_type': u'any', u'age': None, u'contains': None, u'recurse': False, u'age_stamp': u'mtime', u'patterns': [u'.vim*'], u'get_checksum': False, u'use_regex': False, u'follow': False, u'hidden': True, u'size': None}}, u'matched': 3}) => {
"item": {
"changed": false,
"examined": 9,
"files": [
{
"atime": 1506392506.3046005,
"ctime": 1506392506.3046005,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 1000,
"inode": 9017,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0600",
"mtime": 1506392506.3046005,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user1/.viminfo",
"rgrp": false,
"roth": false,
"rusr": true,
"size": 951,
"uid": 1000,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506872972.448914,
"ctime": 1506872972.448914,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 118,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506872972.448914,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user1/.vimrc",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506872982.078843,
"ctime": 1506872982.078843,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 140,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": true,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": false,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0755",
"mtime": 1506872982.078843,
"nlink": 2,
"path": "/home/user1/.vim",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 4096,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": true,
"xoth": true,
"xusr": true
}
],
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"age": null,
"age_stamp": "mtime",
"contains": null,
"file_type": "any",
"follow": false,
"get_checksum": false,
"hidden": true,
"paths": [
"~/"
],
"patterns": [
".vim*"
],
"recurse": false,
"size": null,
"use_regex": false
}
},
"item": "user1",
"matched": 3,
"msg": ""
},
"msg": [
{
"atime": 1506392506.3046005,
"ctime": 1506392506.3046005,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 1000,
"inode": 9017,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0600",
"mtime": 1506392506.3046005,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user1/.viminfo",
"rgrp": false,
"roth": false,
"rusr": true,
"size": 951,
"uid": 1000,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506872972.448914,
"ctime": 1506872972.448914,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 118,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506872972.448914,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user1/.vimrc",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506872982.078843,
"ctime": 1506872982.078843,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 140,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": true,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": false,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0755",
"mtime": 1506872982.078843,
"nlink": 2,
"path": "/home/user1/.vim",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 4096,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": true,
"xoth": true,
"xusr": true
}
]
}
ok: [rpi] => (item={u'files': [{u'uid': 0, u'woth': False, u'mtime': 1506876109.5467849, u'inode': 20, u'isgid': False, u'size': 0, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'gid': 0, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u'rusr': True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'path': u'/home/pi/.vimrc', u'xusr': False, u'atime': 1506876109.5467849, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': 1506876109.5467849, u'wgrp': False, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 45826, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0644', u'islnk': False}, {u'uid': 0, u'woth': False, u'mtime': 1506876112.2067666, u'inode': 145, u'isgid': False, u'size': 0, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'gid': 0, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u'rusr': True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'path': u'/home/pi/.vimrca', u'xusr': False, u'atime': 1506876112.2067666, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': 1506876112.2067666, u'wgrp': False, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 45826, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0644', u'islnk': False}, {u'uid': 0, u'woth': False, u'mtime': 1506876114.9767478, u'inode': 146, u'isgid': False, u'size': 0, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'gid': 0, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u'rusr': True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'path': u'/home/pi/.vim', u'xusr': False, u'atime': 1506876114.9767478, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': 1506876114.9767478, u'wgrp': False, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 45826, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0644', u'islnk': False}], '_ansible_parsed': True, u'changed': False, '_ansible_no_log': False, '_ansible_item_result': True, 'item': u'pi', u'examined': 8, u'msg': u'', u'invocation': {u'module_args': {u'paths': [u'~/'], u'file_type': u'any', u'age': None, u'contains': None, u'recurse': False, u'age_stamp': u'mtime', u'patterns': [u'.vim*'], u'get_checksum': False, u'use_regex': False, u'follow': False, u'hidden': True, u'size': None}}, u'matched': 3}) => {
"item": {
"changed": false,
"examined": 8,
"files": [
{
"atime": 1506876109.5467849,
"ctime": 1506876109.5467849,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 20,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506876109.5467849,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user2/.vimrc",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506876112.2067666,
"ctime": 1506876112.2067666,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 145,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506876112.2067666,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user2/.vimrca",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506876114.9767478,
"ctime": 1506876114.9767478,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 146,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506876114.9767478,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user2/.vim",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
}
],
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"age": null,
"age_stamp": "mtime",
"contains": null,
"file_type": "any",
"follow": false,
"get_checksum": false,
"hidden": true,
"paths": [
"~/"
],
"patterns": [
".vim*"
],
"recurse": false,
"size": null,
"use_regex": false
}
},
"item": "user2",
"matched": 3,
"msg": ""
},
"msg": [
{
"atime": 1506876109.5467849,
"ctime": 1506876109.5467849,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 20,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506876109.5467849,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user2/.vimrc",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506876112.2067666,
"ctime": 1506876112.2067666,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 145,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506876112.2067666,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user2/.vimrca",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
},
{
"atime": 1506876114.9767478,
"ctime": 1506876114.9767478,
"dev": 45826,
"gid": 0,
"inode": 146,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": false,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": true,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0644",
"mtime": 1506876114.9767478,
"nlink": 1,
"path": "/home/user2/.vim",
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 0,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": false,
"xoth": false,
"xusr": false
}
]
}
So as I understand I can access the {{ item.files }} and see the "path": "/home/user#/.vim" for all users in the list, but can not access item.files.path property. Why? How would you suggest to extract this information? Or maybe there is a better way to do it?
UPDATE
Tried:
- name: removing old vim configuration
file: path="{{ item.files | map(attribute='path') | list }}" state=absent
become: yes
with_items: "{{ user_vim_confg_files.results }}"
Result: The files are still there and were not removed. Green output (instead of expected yellow changes)
My guess is that path now is a list of paths... so how would I organize some sort of nested loop in this case? Or am I wrong?
UPDATE
Tried to flatten as suggested:
- name: removing old vim configuration
file:
path: "{{ user_vim_config_files.results | sum(attribute='files', start=[]) | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
state: absent
become: yes
Result is green instead of expected yellow - none of matching files is removed. What can be wrong here?
Because it does not exist.
files
is a list, soitem.files[0].path
,item.files[1].path
etc. do exist, but there is nopath
key initem.files
.For example:
You can flatten the whole results-dictionary to get a list of paths in one fell swoop:
Posting the applied solution here:
I know it is kind of ugly solution, but at least it works... lol
Explanation:
returns the list of paths, extracted from user_vim_config_files.results
file module iterates over each path and removes all files.