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PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to v2.12 version and not to the latest stable release v2.16

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find

Use find module as a lookup. Returns the extra field of the module result.

Example

- debug:
    msg: "{{ find({'paths': '/'}) }}"

- name: Copy all files in /tmp to /tmp2
  vars:
    tmp_query:
      paths: "/tmp"
      hidden: true
      recurse: false
  loop: "{{ find(tmp_query) }}"
  copy:
    src: "{{ item }}""
    dest: "/tmp2/{{ item | basename }}"