community.general.flattened (2.5.9) — lookup

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==2.5.9

Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 2.5.9

Description

given one or more lists, this lookup will flatten any list elements found recursively until only 1 list is left.

Usage examples

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- name: "'unnest' all elements into single list"
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "all in one list {{lookup('community.general.flattened', [1,2,3,[5,6]], [a,b,c], [[5,6,1,3], [34,a,b,c]])}}"

Inputs

    
_terms:
    description: lists to flatten
    required: true

Outputs

_raw:
  description:
  - flattened list
  type: list