- 1 year ago
Extract a specific column from the windows command prompt output using Ansible
To extract a specific column from the Windows command prompt output using Ansible, you can use the win_shell
module along with text processing tools like findstr
or awk
. Here's an example playbook that demonstrates how to extract a specific column from the output of a Windows command:
yaml---
- name: Extract Specific Column from Command Output
hosts: windows
tasks:
- name: Run command and extract specific column
win_shell: |
your-command-here | findstr /R /C:"regex-pattern" | awk "{{ print $column-index }}"
register: command_output
- name: Display extracted column
debug:
var: command_output.stdout_lines
In the above playbook:
- Replace
your-command-here
with the actual command you want to run. - Replace
regex-pattern
with a regular expression pattern that matches the desired output line(s) containing the column of interest. - Replace
column-index
with the index of the column you want to extract (1-based index).
The win_shell
module is used to execute the command within a Windows shell. The findstr
command filters the output based on the provided regex pattern. Finally, awk
is used to extract the specific column by specifying the column index.
The extracted column will be stored in the command_output
variable, which you can access and display using the debug
module.
Make sure to adjust the playbook according to your specific command and regex pattern requirements.