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copy

online help: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/copy_module.html
offline help: ansible-doc copy   (run this command on the ansible control node)


## EXAMPLE 1
## PLAYBOOK

---
- name: Copy module - example 1
  hosts: all
  become: True
  vars:
    srcfile: "myscript.sh"
    srcdir: "/home/ansible"
    destdir: "/home/ansible"
    owner: "ansible"
    group: "ansible"
    perm: "0755"

  tasks:
  - name: Copy file and set ownership and permissions
    copy:
       src: "{{ srcdir }}/{{ srcfile }}"
       dest: "{{ destdir }}"
       owner: "{{ owner }}"
       group: "{{ group }}"
       mode: "{{ perm }}"

  - name: Verify file was copied
    shell: "ls -ldh {{ destdir }}/{{ srcfile }}"
    register: listing
  - debug: msg="{{ listing.stdout }}"


## OUTPUT


## EXAMPLE 2
##


References

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