ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.9.17 / lookup / first_found return first file found from list | "added in version" historical of ansible.builtin" Authors: Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org>ansible.builtin.first_found (v2.9.17) — lookup
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Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17
this lookup checks a list of files and paths and returns the full path to the first combination found.
As all lookups, when fed relative paths it will try use the current task's location first and go up the chain to the containing role/play/include/etc's location.
The list of files has precedence over the paths searched. i.e, A task in a role has a 'file1' in the play's relative path, this will be used, 'file2' in role's relative path will not.
Either a list of files C(_terms) or a key `files` with a list of files is required for this plugin to operate.
- name: show first existing file or ignore if none do debug: msg={{lookup('first_found', findme, errors='ignore')}} vars: findme: - "/path/to/foo.txt" - "bar.txt" # will be looked in files/ dir relative to role and/or play - "/path/to/biz.txt"
- name: | include tasks only if files exist. Note the use of query() to return a blank list for the loop if no files are found. import_tasks: '{{ item }}' vars: params: files: - path/tasks.yaml - path/other_tasks.yaml loop: "{{ q('first_found', params, errors='ignore') }}"
- name: | copy first existing file found to /some/file, looking in relative directories from where the task is defined and including any play objects that contain it copy: src={{lookup('first_found', findme)}} dest=/some/file vars: findme: - foo - "{{inventory_hostname}}" - bar
- name: same copy but specific paths copy: src={{lookup('first_found', params)}} dest=/some/file vars: params: files: - foo - "{{inventory_hostname}}" - bar paths: - /tmp/production - /tmp/staging
- name: INTERFACES | Create Ansible header for /etc/network/interfaces template: src: "{{ lookup('first_found', findme)}}" dest: "/etc/foo.conf" vars: findme: - "{{ ansible_virtualization_type }}_foo.conf" - "default_foo.conf"
- name: read vars from first file found, use 'vars/' relative subdir include_vars: "{{lookup('first_found', params)}}" vars: params: files: - '{{ansible_os_distribution}}.yml' - '{{ansible_os_family}}.yml' - default.yml paths: - 'vars'
skip: default: false description: Return an empty list if no file is found, instead of an error. type: boolean files: description: list of file names paths: description: list of paths in which to look for the files _terms: description: list of file names
_raw: description: - path to file found