Display file content in body of mail module

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Hi All,

How to display the file contents in the body of the mail module.

mail:
  body: /tmp/file2.txt

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cat /tmp/file2.txt

3

I have used the below playbook and the lookup option getting failed

- name:send mail
  mail:
    subtype: html

4

I have used the below playbook and the lookup option getting failed

- name:send mail
  mail:
    subtype: html
    to: xxx.gmail.com
    from: yyy.gmail.com
    subject: test email
    body: "{{lookup('file', '/tmp/{{today}}.html')}}"

(This line ^^ is distinctly different from your initial message BTW)

In any case, you can't use nested jinja delimiters ({{}}).
Try this:

     body: "{{ lookup('file', '/tmp/' ~ today ~ '.html') }}"

5

Getting the same error.

6

The file is present in the target machine. whether lookup will not work there.

7

Lookups are always done on the controller. You could retrieve the file from the
target machine with the "fetch" module.

Regards
        Racke