How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory — Ansible module find
How to automate the search and delete of the files and directories inside a directory keeping the main folder with Ansible modules find and file.
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How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory with Ansible?
I’m going to show you a live demo with some simple Ansible code.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
Ansible How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory
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ansible.builtin.find` - Return a list of files based on specific criteria
Today we’re talking about the Ansible module `find`.
The full name is `ansible.builtin.find`, which means that is part of the collection included in the `ansible-core` builtin collection.
This module returns a list of files based on specific criteria using the `find` popular Unix command.
Parameters
- paths string — List of paths of directories to search
- hidden boolean — no/yes
- recurse boolean — recursively descend into the directory looking for files
- file_type string — file/directory/any/link
The most important parameters of the `find` module for this use case.
The mandatory parameter `paths` specify the list of paths of directories to search.
You could include hidden files with the `hidden` parameter.
As well as recurse in any directory under the main path with the `recurse` parameter.
Another useful parameter is `file_type`, defaults to `file` but you could filter for `directory`, `link` or `any` filesystem object type.
