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find

Return a list of files based on specific criteria.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: always

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
excludes		array		Items whose basenames match an excludes pattern are culled from patterns matches.
file_type		string	any directory file link	Type of file to select. [default: file]
follow		boolean		Set this to true to follow symlinks [default: false]
hidden		boolean		Set this to yes to include hidden files, otherwise they will be ignored. [default: false]
paths	true	array		List of absolute paths of directories to search.
patterns		array		The patterns restrict the list of files to be returned to those whose basenames match at least one of the patterns specified. Multiple patterns can be specified using a list.
recurse		boolean		If target is a directory, recursively descend into the directory looking for files. [default: false]
size		string		Select files whose size is less than the specified size. Unqualified values are in bytes but B, KB, MB, GB, TB can be appended to specify bytes. KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB can be used too an represent binary values: 1 GiB = 1024 MiB. Size is not evaluated for directories.

Example

- find:
    paths: /var/log
    file_type: file
  register: find_result

- debug:
    var: "find_result.extra"

- find:
    paths: /var/log
    recurse: no
    file_type: directory
    excludes: "nginx,mysql"