# Find module results not returning as expected **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ansible-project\ **Created:** [April 8, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/find-module-results-not-returning-as-expected/27220 "2018-04-08T19:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/find-module-results-not-returning-as-expected/27220/1 "2018-04-08T19:58:50Z")
> Using the find module to find unknown files in a given directory and > register the results as a variable to be looped through later on. The debug > of the registered var shows a full on array of all kinds of attributes > about the files (way more than I want) - except the file name! It does show > the file name in the files.path, which I should be able to filter with > basename, but that doesn't work either. This either should be much more > straightforward, or my understanding of this is way off. > > Question: How do I store unknown file names in a dir as a list that I can > loop through in a subsequent task? > > My current play (I've tried a few different iterations - and the echo is > just an example, would like to do other things like use the script module > and such): > > --- > - hosts: localhost >    tasks: >      - name: Check the files >        find: >          paths: /home/gforster/projects/scripts >        register: files\_found > >      - name: echo files >        command: "echo {{ item.path | basename }}" >        loop: "{{ files\_found.files }}" It's nothing wrong with this. > Expected Results: > > TASK [echo files] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > changed: [localhost] =\> { >     "msg": "some\_filesname" > } If you looking for something like this you need to use the debug instead of command module.     - name: echo files       debug: msg="{{ item.path | basename }}"       loop: "{{ files\_found.files }}" > Actual Results: > TASK [echo files] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > changed: [localhost] =\> (item={u'uid': 1000, u'woth': True, u'mtime': > 1522857501.1654217, u'inode': 20547673299942532, u'isgid': False, u'size': > 359, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'pw\_name': u'gforster' > , u'gid': 1000, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u'rusr': > True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'gr\_name': u'gforster', > u'path': u'/home/gforster/projects/scripts/101\_names', u'xusr': False, u > 'atime': 1522857501.1649039, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': 1522857501.1654217, > u'wgrp': True, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 2, u'isblk': False, u'isfifo': False, > u'mode': u'0666', u'islnk': False}) > changed: [localhost] =\> (item={u'uid': 1000, u'woth': True, u'mtime': > 1522857463.1172974, u'inode': 9570149208257507, u'isgid': False, u'size': > 1261, u'roth': True, u'isuid': False, u'isreg': True, u'pw\_name': u > 'gforster', u'gid': 1000, u'ischr': False, u'wusr': True, u'xoth': False, u > 'rusr': True, u'nlink': 1, u'issock': False, u'rgrp': True, u'gr\_name': u > 'gforster', u'path': u'/home/gforster/projects/scripts/101\_to\_masterfile', u > 'xusr': False, u'atime': 1522857457.6757936, u'isdir': False, u'ctime': > 1522857463.1829827, u'wgrp': True, u'xgrp': False, u'dev': 2, u'isblk': > False, u'isfifo': False, u'mode': u'0666', u'islnk': False}) You output is missing a lot of things, are you sure that you copied all?