Hi, i need to write a script that will gather the ios image present in cisco router/switch and delete it.
Below is the output of command executed on a router for reference and iam including this command in script. I used regex to first extract only 'isr4300-universalk9.03.19.04b.S.155-3.S4b-ext.SPA.bin' from the first line of output (by telling it to extract all characters after bootflash/) and then save it a custom variable and delete it. However the problem is, when i give 'delete /force bootflash:{{ ios_image1 }}' an extra [' .... '] gets added which is not supposed to be there. Why does it get added and how do i get rid of it? ROUTER#sh flash: | i SPA.bin 4 486645440 Nov 12 2018 17:29:44.0000000000 +00:00 /bootflash/isr4300-universalk9.03.19.04b.S.155-3.S4b-ext.SPA.bin 159 588714445 Jan 09 2021 14:38:08.0000000000 +00:00 /bootflash/isr4300-universalk9.16.12.06.SPA.bin 180 642363156 Jan 20 2021 14:34:23.0000000000 +00:00 /bootflash/isr4300-universalk9.16.15.04.SPA.bin SCRIPT: tasks: - name: GATHER SHOW VERSION ios_command: commands: "sh flash: | i SPA.bin" register: show_image - set_fact: ios_image1: "{{ show_image.stdout_lines[0][0] | regex_findall('bootflash/(.*)') }}" - name: DELETE IMAGE DIRECTORY IN MASTER FLASH IF PRESENT ios_command: commands: "delete /force bootflash:{{ ios_image1 }}" OUTPUT: TASK [DELETE IMAGE DIRECTORY IN MASTER FLASH IF PRESENT] ******************************************************************************************************************* fatal: [ROUTERTEST]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "delete /force bootflash:['isr4300-universalk9.03.19.04b.S.155-3.S4b-ext.SPA.bin']\r\n%Error deleting bootflash:['isr4300-universalk9.03.19.04b.S.155-3.S4b-ext.SPA.bin'] (No such file or directory)\r\nROUTER#"} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I ran below script for verification purpose: - debug: msg: - "{{ ios_image1 }}" k: [ROUTERTEST] => { "ansible_facts": { "ios_image1": [ "isr4300-universalk9.03.19.04b.S.155-3.S4b-ext.SPA.bin" ] }, "changed": false } Thanks, Vikram -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/64bb33ca-7d14-41d4-b2e1-aa8ec181246en%40googlegroups.com.