# ansible facts in lowercase

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-in-lowercase/18361>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 31, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-in-lowercase/18361 "2015-05-31T14:48:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Vladimir\_Fess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce7236/32.png) [@Vladimir\_Fess](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vladimir_Fess)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-in-lowercase/18361/1 "2015-05-31T14:48:35Z")

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Hi there!

I’m newer in ansible. I have one question and hope you’ll help me with it.

For example I want add deb:

- name: add webmin deb’s for {{ansible\_distribution}} {{ansible\_distribution\_version}} {{ansible\_architecture}}  
apt\_repository: repo=‘[http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/debian/](http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/debian/) virtualmin-jessie main’ state=present  
when: ansible\_distribution == ‘Debian’ and ansible\_distribution\_release == ‘jessie’

but I don’t want write this for all distro releases.

In the end I want received some thing like this:

- name: add webmin deb’s for {{ansible\_distribution}} {{ansible\_distribution\_version}} {{ansible\_architecture}}  
apt\_repository: repo=‘[http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/{{ansible\_distribution}](http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/%7B%7Bansible_distribution%7D)}/ virtualmin-{{ansible\_distribution\_release}} main’ state=present  
when: ansible\_distribution == ‘Debian’

That is doesn’t work right, because almost all ansible facts have first letter in uppercase. How I can convert it to lowercase?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-in-lowercase/18361/2 "2015-06-01T13:58:40Z")

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use the |lower filter
