Debug Script task

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Hi All,

I am new to ansible, and i have a script which i use on many hosts.

The command i execute is

ansible-playbook main.yml -i hosts

here is my code in the main.yml

—

- hosts: group

sudo: true

user: root

tasks:

- name: Clean logs

script: Clean.sh

register: myEcho

- name: Debug

debug: msg=“{{ myEcho.stdout_lines }}”

Here is the script that i execute using the Ansible task:

echo ‘====================== cb-backend-00 ======================’

echo ‘======================== CleanLogsOld =========================’

du -h /opt/test/logs/logs.old/ --max-depth=0

if ls /opt/test/logs/logs.old/* 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then

echo “There are files under the Old Logs Folder”

rm -rf /opt/test/logs/logs.old/*

else

echo “====== No Files exist under the Old Logs folder”

fi

exit

Here is the output that i get:

PLAY [group] ********************************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************

ok: [20.152.30.10]

TASK: [Clean BVT] *************************************************************

changed: [20.152.30.10]

TASK: [Debug] *****************************************************************

ok: [20.152.30.10] => {

“msg”: “[]”

}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************

20.152.30.10 : ok=3 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0

What do i miss? Why I can not see all the echo commands that I wrote?

Thanks,
Doron

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I’m not a big expert on Syntax, but try changing the debug Task to this:

  • name: Debug
    debug: var=myEcho.stdout

I have a similar thing in one of my playbooks and it works. I hope this helps.

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"msg": "" indicates that stdout is empty, use

debug: var=myEcho

You should get the output of stderr and rc, which might have a clue to
what is wrong.
You can also run with -vvvv to get more info on the execution.