# Counter in with\_items loop ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 23, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/counter-in-with-items-loop/14406 "2014-01-23T10:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Julien\_Tognazzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@Julien\_Tognazzi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julien_Tognazzi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/counter-in-with-items-loop/14406/1 "2014-01-23T10:12:51Z")
Hi list, Is there a way to have a counter with the with\_items loop ? The idea would be to create several cron job not starting all at the same time. tasks: - name: “Install some cron jobs” cron: name=“job {{ item }}” min=“COUNTER??” hour=“3” user=root cron\_file=“myjobs” job=“/path/to/some/script {{ item }}” with\_items: somelist the result could look like so: #Ansible: job item1 1 3 \* \* \* root /path/to/some/script item1 #Ansible: job item2 2 3 \* \* \* root /path/to/some/script item2 #Ansible: job item3 3 3 \* \* \* root /path/to/some/script item3 any suggesstions ? Many thanks, Julien. ---
**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/counter-in-with-items-loop/14406/2 "2014-01-23T11:59:30Z")
I think you look for this: [http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks\_loops.html#looping-over-a-list-with-an-index](http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_loops.html#looping-over-a-list-with-an-index) ---
**Author:** ![Julien\_Tognazzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@Julien\_Tognazzi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julien_Tognazzi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/counter-in-with-items-loop/14406/3 "2014-01-23T12:42:39Z")
I was on this page, but somehow I missed it. Thank you !