in this example, we can take the output of the date command, and accept it's results as a variable within ansible. The command module runs the shell command, and the registar argument then accepts the results and puts them in "command_output". We then take the standard output of that and put it into the ansible variable "string_to_echo" which can then be used later in the ansible playbooks. --- # playbooks/set-var.yml## take the results of a shell command, and define it as a variable to be used later. - name: Demo hosts: localhost tasks: - name: Create variable from command command: "date +%y%m%d%H%M" register: command_output - set_fact: string_to_echo: "{{ command_output.stdout }}" - debug: var: string_to_echo#...The results of the play are the following: $ ansible-playbook playbooks/set-var.ymlPLAY [Demo] ********************************************************************TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************ok: [localhost]TASK [Create variable from command] ********************************************changed: [localhost]TASK [set_fact] ****************************************************************ok: [localhost]TASK [debug] *******************************************************************ok: [localhost] => { "string_to_echo": "2006021656"}PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************localhost : ok=4 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 $Ref:
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