Sort ansible_facts.packages|dict2items

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Hi All,

Request your help on how to sort a dict2item “{{ ansible_facts.packages|dict2items }}”

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Request an example for such a data structure

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As you know that the module “ansible_facts.packages” collects all the rpm packages installed on a host , so we need to sort those packages in alphabetical order eg: aaa_base, SuSEfirewall2 …

“SuSEfirewall2”: [
{
“arch”: “noarch”,
“epoch”: null,
“name”: “SuSEfirewall2”,
“release”: “1.33”,
“source”: “rpm”,
“version”: “3.6.378”
}
],
“aaa_base”: [
{
“arch”: “x86_64”,
“epoch”: null,
“name”: “aaa_base”,
“release”: “3.42.1”,
“source”: “rpm”,
“version”: “84.87+git20180409.04c9dae”
}
],

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  • name: Gather the package facts
    package_facts:
    manager: auto
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Those facts are already sorted.

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When it is converted to dict2items the sorting is gone

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