# help me

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me/38085>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me/38085 "2023-06-12T13:37:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![huangwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@huangwe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/huangwe)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me/38085/1 "2023-06-12T13:37:11Z")

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[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81031](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81031)

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**Author:** ![huangwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@huangwe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/huangwe)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me/38085/2 "2023-06-12T13:41:41Z")

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why , skip？

在2023年6月12日星期一 UTC+8 21:37:11[huangwe...@gmail.com](mailto:huangwe...@gmail.com) 写道：

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me/38085/3 "2023-06-12T17:53:26Z")

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because tests//lookups/filters/.. basically everything except the  
module itself, executes on controller, so you need to have a 'stat'  
tasks first, register the result and use that to see if the file  
exists. As written your conditional will only work if the controller  
has that file (remote is never checked).