# Include wildcard

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-wildcard/20276>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 19, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-wildcard/20276 "2016-01-19T16:00:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_McMahon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Patrick\_McMahon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Patrick_McMahon)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-wildcard/20276/1 "2016-01-19T16:00:54Z")

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Hi Guys,

Quick question. How can I do this in my playbook?

`

# Include all of new-apps

- include: ../\*/new-app.yml

`

I get the following error:

`ERROR: file could not read: /ansible/playbooks/*/new-app.yml`

I want ansible to include all files called new-app.yml under any directory.

Thanks  
Paddy

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-wildcard/20276/2 "2016-01-19T16:01:54Z")

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no

but you can try using fileglob lookup