Delete specific folder/files in all the directories of the server from the Ansible Playbook

Question

I want to remove the all "test" folders inside the subdirectories of server. Like below is the path of "test" folders. There are multiple directories in home folder, So, I cant specify all the paths in playbook.

Path: /home/*/test

I have write the below playbook for this but it doesnt work.

tasks: - name: Delete the folder file: path: "{{ item }}" state: absent with_items: - "/home/*/test"

Could you please let me know the solution for it..

I have tried to use file_glob but doesn't work. I want to delete the test folders from all the subdirectories.

Vladimir Botka · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-11 14:37:01Z

Use the module find. For example, given the tree

shell> tree /tmp/home/ /tmp/home/ ├── a ├── b │   └── test └── c └── test

Declare the list of the paths

 test_dirs: "{{ out.files|map(attribute='path') }}"

Then, the task

 - find: paths: /tmp/home file_type: directory patterns: test recurse: true register: out

gives

 test_dirs: - /tmp/home/c/test - /tmp/home/b/test

Use the list to delete the directories

 - file: path: "{{ item }}" state: absent loop: "{{ test_dirs }}"

shell> tree /tmp/home/ /tmp/home/ ├── a ├── b └── c

^{Example of a complete playbook for testing
- hosts: localhost vars: test_dirs: "{{ out.files|map(attribute='path') }}" tasks: - find: paths: /tmp/home file_type: directory patterns: test recurse: true register: out - debug: var: test_dirs - file: path: "{{ item }}" state: absent loop: "{{ test_dirs }}"}

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