Ansible: Command module not interpolating shell variable

Question

The following command fails most likely because it fails to interpolate the shell variable packdir

  - name: archive_artifacts.yml --> Clear git history from packs directories
    command: 'for packdir in {{ packs_dir }}/*; do rm -rf {{ packs_dir }}/"${packdir}"/.git; done'
    args:
      chdir: "{{ temp_build_directory }}"

packs_dir is a variable in the defaults/main.yml of the specific role:

packs_dir: "packs"

Is there a way of having the command module substituting both ansible and shell variables?

Answer 1

Is there a way of having the command module substituting both ansible and shell variables?

Yes. Make sure the shell variable is present in the environment of the host, user and shell you run the command in.

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    env_variable: SHELL
  tasks:
    - command: "echo ${{ env_variable }}"
      register: result
    - debug: msg="{{ result.stdout }}"