# I have a strange result

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-have-a-strange-result/29848>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-have-a-strange-result/29848 "2019-03-08T15:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryad9200000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-have-a-strange-result/29848/1 "2019-03-08T15:20:12Z")

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hi all,

Why when i run this task :

- name: Find /var/log files equal or greater than 10 megabytes ending with .old or .log.gz  
find:  
paths: /{{ role\_path }}/files/groups/  
patterns: ‘_&_.txt’  
register: mes\_fichiers\_speciaux  
delegate\_to: localhost

- debug:  
var: mes\_fichiers\_speciaux

my variable “mes\_fichiers\_speciaux” have this result :

“atime”: 1552039858.9219189,  
“ctime”: 1552039858.9179187,  
“dev”: 65027,  
“gid”: 1003,  
“gr\_name”: “ansible”,  
“inode”: 125053,  
“isblk”: false,  
“ischr”: false,  
“isdir”: false,  
“isfifo”: false,  
“isgid”: false,  
“islnk”: false,  
“isreg”: true,  
“issock”: false,  
“isuid”: false,  
“mode”: “0644”,  
“mtime”: 1552039858.9179187,  
“nlink”: 1,  
“path”: “//home/my\_user/roles/http/files/groups/members.txt”,  
“pw\_name”: “ansible”,  
“rgrp”: true,  
“roth”: true,  
“rusr”: true,  
“size”: 76,  
“uid”: 1003,  
“wgrp”: false,  
“woth”: false,  
“wusr”: true,  
“xgrp”: false,  
“xoth”: false,  
“xusr”: false

so i must have this result only :

members.txt ==\> Who is the content of my repertory **/{{ role\_path }}/files/groups/**

Than kyou very much !!

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Mauricio\_Tavares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mauricio\_Tavares](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauricio_Tavares)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-have-a-strange-result/29848/2 "2019-03-08T16:22:05Z")

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> hi all,
> 
> Why when i run this task :
> 
> - name: Find /var/log files equal or greater than 10 megabytes ending with .old or .log.gz  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;find:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;paths: /{{ role\_path }}/files/groups/  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;patterns: '\*&\*.txt'  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;register: mes\_fichiers\_speciaux  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;delegate\_to: localhost
> 
> - debug:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var: mes\_fichiers\_speciaux
> 
> my variable "mes\_fichiers\_speciaux" have this result :
> 
> "atime": 1552039858.9219189,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ctime": 1552039858.9179187,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"dev": 65027,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"gid": 1003,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"gr\_name": "ansible",  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"inode": 125053,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"isblk": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ischr": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"isdir": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"isfifo": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"isgid": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"islnk": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"isreg": true,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"issock": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"isuid": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"mode": "0644",  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"mtime": 1552039858.9179187,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"nlink": 1,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"path": "//home/my\_user/roles/http/files/groups/members.txt",  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"pw\_name": "ansible",  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"rgrp": true,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"roth": true,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"rusr": true,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"size": 76,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"uid": 1003,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"wgrp": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"woth": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"wusr": true,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"xgrp": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"xoth": false,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"xusr": false
> 
> so i must have this result only :
> 
> members.txt ==\> Who is the content of my repertory /{{ role\_path }}/files/groups/
> 
> Than kyou very much !!
> 
> Regards,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Correct me if I am wrong, but you are looking for lines in the  
log files that match the pattern, right? If that is the case, do you  
mind providing one of the lines from the log file that matches the  
search? I think it is a matter of chopping the line down to get the  
string you want. But I could be wrong, hence why I want to see the  
line in question.

You can sanitize any sensitive entries in the line if you want; I just  
want to have a feeling of what you are looking for so I can offer  
suggestions.