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ansible - using lookup to get a date timestamp into a variable
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| ... | |
| TASK: [debug var=mydate] ****************************************************** | |
| ok: [localhost] => { | |
| "mydate": "20140605101824" | |
| } | |
| ... |
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| - hosts: all | |
| tasks: | |
| - set_fact: mydate="{{lookup('pipe','date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S')}}" | |
| - debug: var=mydate |
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@ssbarnea: true, but that can be amended by adding another step: set_fact: the_timestamp = " {{ current_run_timestamp.stdout }}"