# how to execute a handler if a file is found **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-execute-a-handler-if-a-file-is-found/32976 "2020-05-19T19:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dan\_Idar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dan\_Idar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Idar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-execute-a-handler-if-a-file-is-found/32976/1 "2020-05-19T19:29:32Z")
Hello I would like to be able to find the files that are bigger than a certain dize and then restart a service if this happens because it mean the rotation is not working after the configurtion update the find module does not ‘change’ when the file is found or not and i know i can trigger a change using `when_changed: true` per instance: ` ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-execute-a-handler-if-a-file-is-found/32976/2 "2020-05-19T19:33:34Z")
Maybe something like this: - name: find files find: path: /var/log patterns: ‘\*.log’ size: 100m register: bigfiles changed\_when: bigfiles.files != notify: start service ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-execute-a-handler-if-a-file-is-found/32976/3 "2020-05-19T20:46:36Z")
Ansible would also be a great tool to prevent breakage like "rotation is not working after configuration update" from occurring in the first place. You might want to fix that, at some point.