ansible/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/main.yml

# test code for the ping module
# (c) 2014, Michael DeHaan <michael@ansible.com>

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# various tests of things that should not cause parsing problems

- set_fact: 
    test_input: "a=1 a=2 a=3"

- set_fact:
    multi_line: |
      echo old
      echo mcdonald
      echo had
      echo a 
      echo farm

- shell: echo "dog"
  register: result

- assert:
    that:
       result.cmd == 'echo "dog"'

- shell: echo 'dog'
  register: result

- assert:
    that:
       result.cmd == 'echo \'dog\''

- name: a quoted argument is not sent to the shell module as anything but a string parameter
  shell: echo 'dog' 'executable=/usr/bin/python'
  register: result
 
- debug: var=result.cmd
 
- assert:
    that:
       result.cmd == "echo 'dog' 'executable=/usr/bin/python'"

- name: it is valid to pass multiple key=value arguments because the shell doesn't check key=value arguments
  shell: echo quackquack=here quackquack=everywhere
  register: result
 
- assert:
    that:
      result.cmd == 'echo quackquack=here quackquack=everywhere'

- name: the same is true with quoting
  shell: echo "quackquack=here quackquack=everywhere"
  register: result
     
- assert:
    that:
      result.cmd == 'echo "quackquack=here quackquack=everywhere"'

- name: the same is true with quoting (B)
  shell: echo "quackquack=here" "quackquack=everywhere"
  register: result

- name: the same is true with quoting (C)
  shell: echo "quackquack=here" 'quackquack=everywhere'
  register: result

- name: the same is true with quoting (D)
  shell: echo "quackquack=here" 'quackquack=everywhere'
  register: result

- name: the same is true with quoting (E)
  shell: echo {{ test_input }}
  register: result

- assert: 
     that:
        result.cmd == "echo a=1 a=2 a=3" 

- name: more shell duplicates
  shell: echo foo=bar foo=bar
  register: result

- assert:
    that:
       result.cmd == "echo foo=bar foo=bar"

- name: multi-line inline shell commands (should use script module but hey) are a thing
  shell: "{{ multi_line }}"
  register: result

- debug: var=result

- assert:
    that:
       result.stdout_lines == [ 'old', 'mcdonald', 'had', 'a', 'farm' ]

- name: passing same arg to shell command is legit
  shell: echo foo --arg=a --arg=b
  failed_when: False # just catch the exit code, parse error is what I care about, but should register and compare result
  register: result

- assert:
    that:
       # command shouldn't end in spaces, amend test once fixed
       - result.cmd == "echo foo --arg=a --arg=b"