# Unknown ansible error please take a look

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unknown-ansible-error-please-take-a-look/22520>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 9, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unknown-ansible-error-please-take-a-look/22520 "2016-09-09T15:03:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unknown-ansible-error-please-take-a-look/22520/1 "2016-09-09T15:03:42Z")

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[ansible\_user@ip-10-135-203-236 playbooks]$ ansible-playbook ec2plays/ec2advancedprovision.yml --syntax-check -vvv

Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file  
ERROR! Unexpected Exception: zero length field name in format  
the full traceback was:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/usr/bin/ansible-playbook”, line 92, in   
exit\_code = cli.run()  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/cli/playbook.py”, line 154, in run  
results = pbex.run()  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/executor/playbook\_executor.py”, line 73, in run  
pb = Playbook.load(playbook\_path, variable\_manager=self.\_variable\_manager, loader=self.\_loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/ **init**.py”, line 53, in load  
pb.\_load\_playbook\_data(file\_name=file\_name, variable\_manager=variable\_manager)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/ **init**.py”, line 98, in \_load\_playbook\_data  
entry\_obj = Play.load(entry, variable\_manager=variable\_manager, loader=self.\_loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/play.py”, line 115, in load  
return p.load\_data(data, variable\_manager=variable\_manager, loader=loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/base.py”, line 206, in load\_data  
self.\_attributes[name] = method(name, ds[name])  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/play.py”, line 167, in \_load\_tasks  
return load\_list\_of\_blocks(ds=ds, play=self, variable\_manager=self.\_variable\_manager, loader=self.\_loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/helpers.py”, line 58, in load\_list\_of\_blocks  
loader=loader  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/block.py”, line 79, in load  
return b.load\_data(data, variable\_manager=variable\_manager, loader=loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/base.py”, line 206, in load\_data  
self.\_attributes[name] = method(name, ds[name])  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/block.py”, line 115, in \_load\_block  
use\_handlers=self.\_use\_handlers,  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/helpers.py”, line 244, in load\_list\_of\_tasks  
t = Task.load(task\_ds, block=block, role=role, task\_include=task\_include, variable\_manager=variable\_manager, loader=loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/task.py”, line 135, in load  
return t.load\_data(data, variable\_manager=variable\_manager, loader=loader)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/base.py”, line 195, in load\_data  
ds = self.preprocess\_data(ds)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/playbook/task.py”, line 175, in preprocess\_data  
(action, args, delegate\_to) = args\_parser.parse()  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/parsing/mod\_args.py”, line 281, in parse  
action, args = self.\_normalize\_parameters(thing, additional\_args=additional\_args)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/parsing/mod\_args.py”, line 158, in \_normalize\_parameters  
(action, args) = self.\_normalize\_new\_style\_args(thing)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/parsing/mod\_args.py”, line 238, in \_normalize\_new\_style\_args  
(action, args) = self.\_split\_module\_string(thing)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/parsing/mod\_args.py”, line 103, in \_split\_module\_string  
tokens = split\_args(module\_string)  
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/parsing/splitter.py”, line 259, in split\_args  
raise AnsibleParserError(“failed at splitting arguments, either an unbalanced jinja2 block or quotes: {}”.format(args))  
ValueError: zero length field name in format