ansible.builtin.list lookup – simply returns what it is given.

Note

This lookup plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name list. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.list for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same lookup plugin name.

Synopsis

  • this is mostly a noop, to be used as a with_list loop when you dont want the content transformed in any way.

Examples

- name: unlike with_items you will get 3 items from this loop, the 2nd one being a list
  ansible.builtin.debug: var=item
  with_list:
    - 1
    - [2,3]
    - 4

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

list / elements=any

basically the same as you fed in

Returned: success

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/list_lookup.html