Document lookup plugin shorthand

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Michael DeHaan 2013-02-02 12:03:48 -05:00
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@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ If you have a list of hashes, you can reference subkeys using things like::
${item.subKeyName}
More Loops
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Lookup Plugins - Accessing Outside Data
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.. versionadded: 0.8
@ -460,10 +460,11 @@ be used like this::
with_file:
- /home/foo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
As an alternate (but less preferred) syntax, all lookup plugins can be inlined by uppercasing their name and
prefixing them with a dollar sign, like so::
As an alternative, lookup plugins can also be accessed in variables like so::
- action: authorized_key user=foo key=$FILE(/home/foo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
vars:
motd_value: $FILE(/etc/motd)
hosts_value: $LOOKUP(file,/etc/hosts)
.. versionadded: 0.9