Ansible : Split a string with multiple spaces as delimiter

Question

I am trying to split a string multiple spaces as delimiter in Ansible.

 - name: Build Archive files 123.
    set_fact:
      archfilesloc: "{{ archfiles.split(" +")[1] }}" doesnt work
 - name: Build Archive files 123.
    set_fact:
      archfilesloc: "{{ archfiles.split("\s+")[1] }}"doesnt work
 - name: Build Archive files 123.
    set_fact:
      archfilesloc: "{{ archfiles.split("[\s+]")[1] }}" doesnt work

user_12485228 · Answer

Try the following:

archfiles.split()[1]

Here, split() is a Python function and behaves exactly like it does in python.

See: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-string-split/

Ansible : Split a string with multiple spaces as delimiter

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