list – simply returns what it is given.

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list – simply returns what it is given.

New in version 2.0.


Synopsis

  • this is mostly a noop, to be used as a with_list loop when you dont want the content transformed in any way.

Examples

- name: unlike with_items you will get 3 items from this loop, the 2nd one being a list
  debug: var=item
  with_list:
    - 1
    - [2,3]
    - 4

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Key Returned Description

_list

-

basically the same as you fed in





Status

Authors

  • Ansible core team

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