# regx and playbooks

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/regx-and-playbooks/27896>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [June 28, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regx-and-playbooks/27896 "2018-06-28T11:42:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![apple.talk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@apple.talk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/apple.talk)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regx-and-playbooks/27896/1 "2018-06-28T11:42:56Z")

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Hi folks,

I will search one line with “version” in the variable “output”, but I don’t find the correct syntax.  
Who can I find a string in a ansible output?

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**Author:** ![psprygad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@psprygad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/psprygad)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regx-and-playbooks/27896/2 "2018-06-28T14:38:28Z")

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The filter name is regex\_search … not regexp\_search… drop the p