This can also be accomplished using the `stat` module, and then a little jinja2 pipeline:
- hosts: all tasks: - stat: path: /tmp register: stat_result - debug: msg: "{{ hostvars|dictsort|selectattr('1.stat_result.stat.exists')|list|length }}" run_once: true This would output something like the following for me: TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [example.org] => { "msg": "8" } On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Dick Davies <d...@hellooperator.net> wrote: > On 19 June 2017 at 17:13, Dick Davies <d...@hellooperator.net> wrote: > > > will let you make a group by fact, you could then just have a task > > on localhost output '{{ groups["has_that_file"] _ length }}". > > sorry that should be: > > {{ groups["has_that_file"] | length }} > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/ansible-project/CAK5eLPQV8OcnQcV%2BTRNhp9pQPrEQzayrP7gQ4GbH% > 2BOg14mq6bA%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matt Martz @sivel sivel.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAD8N0v-27m3UNH7cxDdk6R4%3DYtvCd_555k-Ah_VbHr%2BtmUP4JA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.