https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75846345/how-to-copy-multiple-files-listed-in-paths-yml-using-ansible-roles?noredirect=1#comment133787208_75846345

session.txt

$ tree
.
├── demo.yml
├── inventories
│   └── demo
│       └── hosts.yml
└── roles
    └── copy_files
        ├── defaults
        │   └── main.yml
        ├── files
        │   ├── file10.txt
        │   ├── file1.txt
        │   ├── file2.txt
        │   ├── file3.txt
        │   ├── file4.txt
        │   ├── file5.txt
        │   ├── file6.txt
        │   ├── file7.txt
        │   ├── file8.txt
        │   └── file9.txt
        ├── tasks
        │   └── main.yml
        └── vars
            └── paths.yml

8 directories, 15 files

$ cat inventories/demo/hosts.yml 
all:
  vars:
    ansible_connection: docker
  hosts:
    test-target.local:

$ cat roles/copy_files/vars/paths.yml 
---
copy_files_paths:
  - file1.txt
  - file5.txt
  - file8.txt
  - file10.txt

$ cat roles/copy_files/defaults/main.yml 
---
copy_files_destination_path: "/tmp/toto"

$ cat roles/copy_files/tasks/main.yml 
---
- name: Make sure destination path exists
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ copy_files_destination_path }}"
    state: directory
    mode: 0750

- name: Load files to copy from dedicated var file
  ansible.builtin.include_vars: paths.yml

- name: Copy needed files to destination
  ansible.builtin.copy:
    src: "{{ item }}"
    dest: "{{ copy_files_destination_path }}"
    mode: 0640
  loop: "{{ copy_files_paths }}"

$ cat demo.yml 
---
- name: Demo playbook for copy_files role usage
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: copy_files

$ echo spin a docker container to play against
spin a docker container to play against

$ docker run -d --rm --name test-target.local python:latest tail -f /dev/null
18a0009cff023b866411d9e06f7ae26f82ea7f7296c8f0c75b188dfffed0e82b

$ ansible-playbook -i inventories/demo/ demo.yml 

PLAY [Demo playbook for copy_files role usage] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [copy_files : Make sure destination path exists] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [test-target.local]

TASK [copy_files : Load files to copy from dedicated var file] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [test-target.local]

TASK [copy_files : Copy needed files to destination] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [test-target.local] => (item=file1.txt)
changed: [test-target.local] => (item=file5.txt)
changed: [test-target.local] => (item=file8.txt)
changed: [test-target.local] => (item=file10.txt)

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
test-target.local          : ok=3    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

$ docker exec -it test-target.local ls /tmp/toto
file1.txt  file10.txt  file5.txt  file8.txt

$ docker stop test-target.local 
test-target.local