Odd results from query of /proc/meminfo?

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Odd results from query of /proc/meminfo?

When I do the following from shell...
# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal
MemTotal: 8087276 kB

But when I do the same via Ansible...
ok: [192.168.1.212] => {
"msg": "Pi Memory Total: MemTotal: 957160 kB"
}

Ansible Source...
- name: Memory Total
#shell: "cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal | cut -d ':' -f2 | cut -d 'k' -f1 | tr -d ' '"
shell: "cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal"
register: m
changed_when: False

 \- name: Memory Total
   debug:
     msg: "Memory Total: \{\{ m\.stdout \}\}"

Returned value is greater than physical memory size!

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Odd results from query of /proc/meminfo?

When I do the following from shell...
# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal
MemTotal: 8087276 kB

But when I do the same via Ansible...
ok: [192.168.1.212] => {
"msg": "Pi Memory Total: MemTotal: 957160 kB"
}

Why messing with the shell when the information is already present in the facts?

  - name: Show memory
       debug:
         msg: "{{ ansible_memory_mb }}"

TASK [Show memory] *************************************************************
ok: [bullseye-test-box] =>
   msg:
     nocache:
       free: 828
       used: 1154
     real:
       free: 82
       total: 1982
       used: 1900
     swap:
       cached: 0
       free: 0
       total: 0
       used: 0

Regards
        Racke