# Error while readin split part for updating Ubuntu packages - Should I include the path of splitpath,py in playbook ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [February 4, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-readin-split-part-for-updating-ubuntu-packages-should-i-include-the-path-of-splitpath-py-in-playbook/32125 "2020-02-04T00:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Work\_Email](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@Work\_Email](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Work_Email)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-readin-split-part-for-updating-ubuntu-packages-should-i-include-the-path-of-splitpath-py-in-playbook/32125/1 "2020-02-04T00:11:50Z")
**Hello, Please see below** **ansible.cfg** [defaults] inventory = ./hosts splitpart.py = /etc/ansible/splitpart.py/ **splitpart.py** def splitpart (value, index, char = ‘,’): if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)): ret = for v in value: ret.append(v.split(char)[index]) return ret else: return value.split(char)[index] class FilterModule(object): def filters(self): return {‘splitpart’: splitpart **playbook** tasks: # do an “apt-get update”, to ensure latest package lists - name: apt-get update apt: update-cache: yes changed\_when: 0 # get a list of packages that have updates - name: get list of pending upgrades command: apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade args: warn: false # don’t warn us about apt having its own plugin register: apt\_simulate changed\_when: 0 # pick out list of pending updates from command output. This essentially # takes the above output from “apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade”, and # pipes it through “cut -f2 -d’ ’ | sort” - name: parse apt-get output to get list of changed packages set\_fact: updates: ‘{{ apt\_simulate.stdout\_lines | select(“match”, "^Inst ") | list | splitpart(1, " ") | list | sort }}’ changed\_when: 0 # tell user about packages being updated - name: show pending updates debug: var: updates when: updates.0 is defined **playbook output** PLAY [myotherserver] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [10.0.2.236] TASK [apt-get update] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [10.0.2.236] TASK [get list of pending upgrades] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [10.0.2.236] TASK [parse apt-get output to get list of changed packages] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [10.0.2.236]: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “template error while templating string: no filter named ‘splitpart’. String: {{ apt\_simulate.stdout\_lines | select("match", "^Inst ") | list | splitpart(1, " ") | list | sort }}”} PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 10.0.2.236 : ok=3 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ---
**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:** [February 4, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-readin-split-part-for-updating-ubuntu-packages-should-i-include-the-path-of-splitpath-py-in-playbook/32125/2 "2020-02-04T07:56:48Z")
Hii "splitpath.py" isn't a valid key for the config file. The correct one is "filter\_plugins", see: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/config.html#default-filter-plugin-path](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#default-filter-plugin-path) But I don't see why you would need such heavy weapons if all you want is a list of package names that have pending updates. This should roughly do the same, without the complexity of custom filters: - name: Check for pending updates   become: true   hosts: all   tasks:     - name: Update cache       apt:         update-cache: yes       changed\_when: false     - name: Fetch package list of updates       command: apt list --upgradable       register: aptlist     - set\_fact:         updates: "{{ aptlist.stdout\_lines | difference(['Listing...']) > map('regex\_replace', '^(.\*?)\/(.\*)', '\\1') | list }}"     - debug: var=updates ---
**Author:** ![Work\_Email](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@Work\_Email](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Work_Email)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-readin-split-part-for-updating-ubuntu-packages-should-i-include-the-path-of-splitpath-py-in-playbook/32125/3 "2020-02-04T19:24:35Z")
Great! Thanks that worked but I had to modify the syntax in the set fact to make it work. - name: Check for pending updates become: true hosts: all tasks: - name: Update cache apt: update-cache: yes changed\_when: false - name: Fetch package list of updates command: apt list --upgradable register: aptlist - set\_fact: updates: "{{ aptlist.stdout\_lines | difference([‘Listing…’])