with_pipe doesn't grok line breaks

[jan-grant]

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    dir: /tmp/bar
  tasks:
    - file:
        dest: "{{ dir }}"
        state: absent
    - file:
        dest: "{{ dir }}/{{item}}"
        state: directory
      with_items:
        - a
        - b
        - c
    - debug:
        var: item
      with_pipe: find {{ dir }} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d

A single item is returned, which contains all the output of find (with embedded newlines).

[jan-grant]

A more stable test that doesn't rely on the filesystem:

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - debug:
        var: item
      with_pipe: printf 'a\nb\nc'

[jimi-c]

Hi @jan-grant, you can use with_lines or use lookup('pipe', ...).split('\n') to get the lines. The with_pipe lookup will always return the raw output of the command only.

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