I'm trying to fetch some files from a remote server, however, the file name is generate by a variable date.
$(date --date="$(date %Y-%m-15) -1 month" '%Y-%m')
- hosts: remote_server
tasks:
fetch:
src: /tmp/$(date --date="$(date %Y-%m-15) -1 month" '%Y-%m')
dst: /tmp/$(date --date="$(date %Y-%m-15) -1 month" '%Y-%m')
CodePudding user response:
Declare the date
command output as an ansible variable and use it in the task
- hosts: remote_server
vars:
dt: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date --date="$(date %Y-%m-15) -1 month" "%Y-%m"') }}"
tasks:
fetch:
src: "/tmp/{{ dt }}"
dest: "/tmp/{{ dt }}"
Note that the value of dt
will be dependant on the date
of the control node.