# use fetch module with wild card or best way to grab different name file from several hosts **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 2, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903 "2017-11-02T17:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Younge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@Kent\_Younge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kent_Younge)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903/1 "2017-11-02T17:42:31Z")
Hello, I have created a log file using ansible an have named the log file with the host name. I need to fetch that file from all my hosts and put it in a directory on the control server. However, it runs fine but does not copy the files over. Here is my cmds. - name: “Find needsreboot.log file” find: paths: /dir/ patterns: “\*.needsreboot.log” I have also tried $HOSTNAME-needsreboot.log -name: fetch: src: /dir/\*.needsreboot.log dest: /dir on control server/logs flat: yes thank you, ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903/2 "2017-11-02T23:15:29Z")
fetch does not support wildcards, register the data from find and use that in loop in fetch ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Younge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@Kent\_Younge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kent_Younge)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903/3 "2017-11-02T23:30:53Z")
So how would it look? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903/4 "2017-11-03T02:43:04Z")
this explains it. [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks\_variables.html#registered-variables](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_variables.html#registered-variables) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Younge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@Kent\_Younge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kent_Younge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903/5 "2017-11-03T12:40:28Z")
I’m pretty new to Ansible and I am doing something wrong when I try it with variables. All I get is errors now. and I have not even gotten to the loop part yet. - name: “check if files exsists” shell: /path/\*-needsreboot.log register: log\_result ignore\_errors: True shell:/path/ when: log\_result.rc == 5 - name: “Find needsreboot.log file” find: paths: /dir/ patterns: “\*.needsreboot.log” I have also tried $HOSTNAME-needsreboot.log -name: fetch: src: /dir/\*.needsreboot.log I have also tried $HOSTNAME-needsreboot.log dest: /dir on control server/logs flat: yes Could some one please help with an example of this and loop. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Younge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@Kent\_Younge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kent_Younge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-fetch-module-with-wild-card-or-best-way-to-grab-different-name-file-from-several-hosts/25903/6 "2017-11-03T16:10:03Z")
Changed to check the file exists - name: Make sure file exists file: path: /root/\*-needsreboot.log state: touch still need an example for fetch and loop if that is needed or variable and loop.