Examples

stat

## DOCUMENTATION online help: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.11/collections/ansible/builtin/stat_module.html offline help: ansible-doc stat ## EXAMPLE 1 ## PLAYBOOK --- - name: stat module example 1 hosts: all become: True gather_facts: no tasks: - name: Get stats of a file stat: path: /home/ansible/hello.txt register: filestat - debug: msg: - "path={{filestat.stat.path}}" - "mtime={{filestat.stat.mtime}}" - "atime={{filestat.stat.atime}}" - name: Calculate checksum with sha256 algorithm stat: path: /home/ansible/hello.txt checksum_algorithm: sha256 register: filestat - debug: var=filestat.stat.checksum - name: Display all values in file stat debug: var=filestat.stat ## OUTPUT PLAY [stat module example 1] *********************************************************************** TASK [Get stats of a file] ************************************************************************* ok: [ubuntu20_int] ok: [debian11_int] TASK [debug] *************************************************************************************** ok: [debian11_int] => { "msg": [ "path=/home/ansible/hello.txt", "mtime=1635299447.3124452", "atime=1635299490.8528533" ] } ok: [ubuntu20_int] => { "msg": [ "path=/home/ansible/hello.txt", "mtime=1635299449.8489878", "atime=1635299492.513668" ] } TASK [Calculate checksum with sha256 algorithm] **************************************************** ok: [ubuntu20_int] ok: [debian11_int] TASK [debug] *************************************************************************************** ok: [debian11_int] => { "filestat.stat.checksum": "66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18" } ok: [ubuntu20_int] => { "filestat.stat.checksum": "66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18" } TASK [Display all values in file stat] ************************************************************* ok: [debian11_int] => { "filestat.stat": { "atime": 1635299490.8528533, "attr_flags": "e", "attributes": [ "extents" ], "block_size": 4096, "blocks": 8, "charset": "us-ascii", "checksum": "66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18", "ctime": 1635299450.4324746, "dev": 65024, "device_type": 0, "executable": true, "exists": true, "gid": 1001, "gr_name": "ansible", "inode": 1189297, "isblk": false, "ischr": false, "isdir": false, "isfifo": false, "isgid": false, "islnk": false, "isreg": true, "issock": false, "isuid": false, "mimetype": "text/plain", "mode": "0755", "mtime": 1635299447.3124452, "nlink": 1, "path": "/home/ansible/hello.txt", "pw_name": "ansible", "readable": true, "rgrp": true, "roth": true, "rusr": true, "size": 6, "uid": 1001, "version": "2092334248", "wgrp": false, "woth": false, "writeable": true, "wusr": true, "xgrp": true, "xoth": true, "xusr": true } } ok: [ubuntu20_int] => { "filestat.stat": { "atime": 1635299492.513668, "attr_flags": "e", "attributes": [ "extents" ], "block_size": 4096, "blocks": 8, "charset": "us-ascii", "checksum": "66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18", "ctime": 1635299450.2569947, "dev": 2053, "device_type": 0, "executable": true, "exists": true, "gid": 1002, "gr_name": "ansible", "inode": 816371, "isblk": false, "ischr": false, "isdir": false, "isfifo": false, "isgid": false, "islnk": false, "isreg": true, "issock": false, "isuid": false, "mimetype": "text/plain", "mode": "0755", "mtime": 1635299449.8489878, "nlink": 1, "path": "/home/ansible/hello.txt", "pw_name": "ansible", "readable": true, "rgrp": true, "roth": true, "rusr": true, "size": 6, "uid": 1002, "version": "4147267447", "wgrp": false, "woth": false, "writeable": true, "wusr": true, "xgrp": true, "xoth": true, "xusr": true } } PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************** debian11_int : ok=5 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ubuntu20_int : ok=5 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0