# Syntax error after ansible update (latest) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 26, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-error-after-ansible-update-latest/27384 "2018-04-26T11:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nbmprivat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cab0a1/32.png) [@nbmprivat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nbmprivat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-error-after-ansible-update-latest/27384/1 "2018-04-26T11:47:25Z")
Hi, My playbook is not working anymore after updating ansible to latest version. For example: - Vault file containing variable with value `vault_win_password: foo20"` - Variable with value `location: C:\Program files (x86)\bar` Task: ` - name: Test login script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/portal.ps1 {{ dbuser }} {{ vault\_win\_password }}” ` Error: ` The full traceback is: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-2.5.1-py2.7.egg/ansible/executor/task\_executor.py”, line 138, in run res = self.\_execute() File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-2.5.1-py2.7.egg/ansible/executor/task\_executor.py”, line 558, in \_execute result = self.\_handler.run(task\_vars=variables) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-2.5.1-py2.7.egg/ansible/plugins/action/script.py”, line 79, in run parts = [to\_text(s, errors=‘surrogate\_or\_strict’) for s in shlex.split(raw\_params.strip())] File “/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py”, line 279, in split return list(lex) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py”, line 269, in next token = self.get\_token() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py”, line 96, in get\_token raw = self.read\_token() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/shlex.py”, line 172, in read\_token raise ValueError, “No closing quotation” ValueError: No closing quotation fatal: [sj-aio01]: FAILED! =\> { “msg”: “Unexpected failure during module execution.”, “stdout”: “” } ` ` - name: Test location script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/file.ps1 {{ location}}” ` ` fatal: [sj-can02]: FAILED! =\> { “changed”: true, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “stderr”: “x86 : The term ‘x86’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, \r\nscript file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path \r\nwas included, verify that the path is correct and try again.\r\nAt line:1 char:122\r\n+ … 42148.17-152711404220483\cannister.ps1’ C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IB …\r\n+ ~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (x86:String) , CommandNotFound \r\n Exception\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException\r\n \r\n\r\n”, “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: } ` Before updating this worked. ` - name: Test location script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/file.ps1 '{{ location}}'” ` Now says: ` ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. found unknown escape character “'” ` How am I supposed to pass along parameters when ansible does not understand the values anymore? ---
**Author:** ![nbmprivat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cab0a1/32.png) [@nbmprivat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nbmprivat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-error-after-ansible-update-latest/27384/2 "2018-04-26T11:56:17Z")
Also tried using single quotes but get this error: ` fatal: [sj-aio01]: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “template error while templating string: unexpected char u’"’ at 10. String: {{foo20"}}”} ` Super annoying. ---
**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-error-after-ansible-update-latest/27384/3 "2018-04-26T20:38:42Z")
Your issue is that one of your arguments contains a " and when shlex tries to split the arguments as a list it fails to find the end ". E.g the value of script you set is ` ` script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/portal.ps1 {{ dbuser }} {{ vault\_win\_password }}” # when taking away Jinja2 this becomes script: /some/path/files/portal.ps1 user foo20" ` ` `When trying to turn the string to a list of arguments ([portal.ps1", "user", "foo20\""]), it fails to find the end quote for the password quote. What you need to do is use the quote filter to automatically quote each argument, e.g.` ` ` script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/portal.ps1 {{ dbuser|quote }} {{ vault\_win\_password|quote }}” # if you wanted to do it manually without the quote filter (please don’t) script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/portal.ps1 ‘{{ dbuser }}’ ‘{{ vault\_win\_password }}’” # when taking away Jinja2 this become script: /some/path/files/portal.ps1 “user” “foo20"” ` ` `This means each argument is quoted so shlex can split them into a list without any issues.` `You second issue also comes down to quotes, when interpreting this` ` ` script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/file.ps1 {{ location }}” # this is seen by Ansible as script: /some/path/files/portal.ps1 C:\Program Files (x86)\bar ` ` `When running in Windows, it sees this as 3 different arguments; ["C:\Program", "Files", "(x86)\bar"] as it is not quoted. PowerShell makes this a bit more complex, the 3rd argument (x86)\bar, PowerShell see the brackets and things the value inside is a command and so tries to run it which in turn leads to the error x86 is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function... The fix for this is the same as your previous issue, use the quote filter to quote the values` ` ` script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/file.ps1 {{ location }}” # without using the quote filter this is how it can be done (once again please don’t this is just to illustrate how it could be done) script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/file.ps1 "{{ location }}"” # or script: “{{ role\_path }}/files/file.ps1 ‘{{ location }}’” # this is seen by Ansible as script: /some/path/files/portal.ps1 “C:\Program Files (x86)\bar” ` ` `Now because the path is quoted, it is seen as 1 argument instead of 3.` `Thanks` `Jordan` ---
**Author:** ![nbmprivat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cab0a1/32.png) [@nbmprivat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nbmprivat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-error-after-ansible-update-latest/27384/4 "2018-04-30T07:23:14Z")
Thank you very much Jordan. That helped! Much appreciated!!!