What is the correct way to use the lookup pipe filter on the remote host?
On Monday, May 15, 2023 at 8:47:24 AM UTC-5 Rowe, Walter P. (Fed) wrote:
> My guess is that pipe is trying to run an executable named exactly this:
> "/home/BreadPitt/program/executable
> --version" vs passing the --version option to the executable.
>
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> On May 15, 2023, at 9:40 AM, LT <ltrave...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to retrieve the version number of the installed executable.
> The complete path exists, the file has executable permissions, but I am
> encountering a 127 error, indicating that the file does not exist. Have I
> missed something?
> *Here is the code that I have:*
> - set_fact: remote_version: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', '/home/' +
> username + '/program/executable_file' + ' --version') }}"
>
>
> *The error that I am getting: *fatal: [xxx.yyy.zzz.fff]: FAILED! =>
> {"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin
> 'ansible.builtin.pipe'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>,
> original message: lookup_plugin.pipe(/home/BreadPitt/program/executable
> --version) returned 127. lookup_plugin.pipe(
> /home/BreadPitt/program/executable --version) returned 127"}
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