# Ansible retrieve stdout with items loop **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 16, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-retrieve-stdout-with-items-loop/30117 "2019-04-16T06:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wanexa77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@wanexa77](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wanexa77)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-retrieve-stdout-with-items-loop/30117/1 "2019-04-16T06:53:30Z")
Hi All I want to retrieve multiple output from a command with a with items loop the playbook is like this - name: test command: openssl rand -base64 20 register: pwd delegate\_to: localhost with\_items: - test1 - test the result is like this with -vvv command changed: [127.0.0.1 → localhost] =\> (item=test) =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “openssl”, “rand”, “-base64”, “20” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.008819”, “end”: “2019-04-16 08:47:32.782792”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “openssl rand -base64 20”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “item”: “test”, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-16 08:47:32.773973”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “IWRXhTs1Q9dKxIKgaXXkYoYwn0s=”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “IWRXhTs1Q9dKxIKgaXXkYoYwn0s=” ] } I just want the stdout lines per items (test and test1 ) and register those last as variables for other command like this one - name: Test2 command: “echo {{ item.stdout }} \> /tmp/test” with\_items: “{{ pwd.results }}” Can t get rid of it this register the whole output with at the end my desired variable, how to do this ? ok: [127.0.0.1] =\> (item={‘\_ansible\_parsed’: True, ‘stderr\_lines’: , u’changed’: True, u’stdout’: u’Fkm9ulL1kMf9liKquTdECo6UynI=‘, ‘\_ansible\_delegated\_vars’: {‘ansible\_delegated\_host’: u’localhost’, ‘ansible\_host’: u’localhost’}, ‘\_ansible\_item\_result’: True, u’delta’: u’0:00:00.009828’, ‘stdout\_lines’: [u’Fkm9ulL1kMf9liKquTdECo6UynI=‘], ‘\_ansible\_item\_label’: u’test1’, u’end’: u’2019-04-16 08:52:09.797091’, ‘\_ansible\_no\_log’: False, ‘failed’: False, u’cmd’: [u’openssl’, u’rand’, u’-base64’, u’20’], ‘item’: u’test1’, u’stderr’: u’‘, u’rc’: 0, u’invocation’: {u’module\_args’: {u’warn’: True, u’executable’: None, u’\_uses\_shell’: False, u’\_raw\_params’: u’openssl rand -base64 20’, u’removes’: None, u’argv’: None, u’creates’: None, u’chdir’: None, u’stdin’: None}}, u’start’: u’2019-04-16 08:52:09.787263’, ‘\_ansible\_ignore\_errors’: None}) =\> { “item”: { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “openssl”, “rand”, “-base64”, “20” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.009828”, “end”: “2019-04-16 08:52:09.797091”, “failed”: false, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “openssl rand -base64 20”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “item”: “test1”, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-16 08:52:09.787263”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “Fkm9ulL1kMf9liKquTdECo6UynI=”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “Fkm9ulL1kMf9liKquTdECo6UynI=” ] }, “item.stdout”: “Fkm9ulL1kMf9liKquTdECo6UynI=” } ok: [127.0.0.1] =\> (item={‘\_ansible\_parsed’: True, ‘stderr\_lines’: , u’changed’: True, u’stdout’: u’rQkmbSbF67S0RFKyOGq5NzzDy4o=‘, ‘\_ansible\_delegated\_vars’: {‘ansible\_delegated\_host’: u’localhost’, ‘ansible\_host’: u’localhost’}, ‘\_ansible\_item\_result’: True, u’delta’: u’0:00:00.009044’, ‘stdout\_lines’: [u’rQkmbSbF67S0RFKyOGq5NzzDy4o=‘], ‘\_ansible\_item\_label’: u’test’, u’end’: u’2019-04-16 08:52:10.020054’, ‘\_ansible\_no\_log’: False, ‘failed’: False, u’cmd’: [u’openssl’, u’rand’, u’-base64’, u’20’], ‘item’: u’test’, u’stderr’: u’‘, u’rc’: 0, u’invocation’: {u’module\_args’: {u’warn’: True, u’executable’: None, u’\_uses\_shell’: False, u’\_raw\_params’: u’openssl rand -base64 20’, u’removes’: None, u’argv’: None, u’creates’: None, u’chdir’: None, u’stdin’: None}}, u’start’: u’2019-04-16 08:52:10.011010’, ‘\_ansible\_ignore\_errors’: None}) =\> { “item”: { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “openssl”, “rand”, “-base64”, “20” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.009044”, “end”: “2019-04-16 08:52:10.020054”, “failed”: false, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “openssl rand -base64 20”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “item”: “test”, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-16 08:52:10.011010”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “rQkmbSbF67S0RFKyOGq5NzzDy4o=”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “rQkmbSbF67S0RFKyOGq5NzzDy4o=” ] }, “item.stdout”: “rQkmbSbF67S0RFKyOGq5NzzDy4o=” } ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-retrieve-stdout-with-items-loop/30117/2 "2019-04-16T07:36:34Z")
Looking at the two tasks and what you seem to be trying to achieve, you could probably just use a password lookup to generate it: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/password.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/password.html) Dick ---
**Author:** ![wanexa77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@wanexa77](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wanexa77)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-retrieve-stdout-with-items-loop/30117/3 "2019-04-16T09:30:29Z")
You re right thanks Jérome Denéchaud > **From:** [dick.visser@geant.org](mailto:dick.visser@geant.org) > **Sent:** April 16, 2019 09:36 > **To:** [ansible-project@googlegroups.com](mailto:ansible-project@googlegroups.com) > **Reply-to:** [ansible-project@googlegroups.com](mailto:ansible-project@googlegroups.com) > **Subject:** Re: [ansible-project] Ansible retrieve stdout with items loop > > | > > - | Looking at the two tasks and what you seem to be trying to achieve, you could probably just use a password lookup to generate it: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/password.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/password.html) Dick