Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
src
-
/ required
|
The file on the remote system to fetch. This must be a file, not a directory.
|
Note
- name: Find out what the remote machine's mounts are
slurp:
src: /proc/mounts
register: mounts
- debug:
msg: "{{ mounts['content'] | b64decode }}"
# From the commandline, find the pid of the remote machine's sshd
# $ ansible host -m slurp -a 'src=/var/run/sshd.pid'
# host | SUCCESS => {
# "changed": false,
# "content": "MjE3OQo=",
# "encoding": "base64",
# "source": "/var/run/sshd.pid"
# }
# $ echo MjE3OQo= | base64 -d
# 2179
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