parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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src |
yes | The file on the remote system to fetch. This must be a file, not a directory. |
# Find out what the remote machine's mounts are: - slurp: src: /proc/mounts register: mounts - debug: msg: "{{ mounts['content'] | b64decode }}" # From the commandline, find the pid of the remote machine's sshd # $ ansible host -m slurp -a 'src=/var/run/sshd.pid' # host | SUCCESS => { # "changed": false, # "content": "MjE3OQo=", # "encoding": "base64", # "source": "/var/run/sshd.pid" # } # $ echo MjE3OQo= | base64 -d # 2179
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