File: //usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_shell.py
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright: (c) 2016, Ansible, inc
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
DOCUMENTATION = r'''
---
module: win_shell
short_description: Execute shell commands on target hosts
description:
- The M(ansible.windows.win_shell) module takes the command name followed by a list of space-delimited arguments.
It is similar to the M(ansible.windows.win_command) module, but runs
the command via a shell (defaults to PowerShell) on the target host.
- For non-Windows targets, use the M(ansible.builtin.shell) module instead.
options:
free_form:
description:
- The M(ansible.windows.win_shell) module takes a free form command to run.
- There is no parameter actually named 'free form'. See the examples!
type: str
required: yes
creates:
description:
- A path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path exists on the target host, the task will be skipped.
type: path
removes:
description:
- A path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path B(does not) exist on the target host, the task will be skipped.
type: path
chdir:
description:
- Set the specified path as the current working directory before executing a command
type: path
executable:
description:
- Change the shell used to execute the command (eg, C(cmd)).
- The target shell must accept a C(/c) parameter followed by the raw command line to be executed.
type: path
stdin:
description:
- Set the stdin of the command directly to the specified value.
type: str
no_profile:
description:
- Do not load the user profile before running a command. This is only valid
when using PowerShell as the executable.
type: bool
default: no
output_encoding_override:
description:
- This option overrides the encoding of stdout/stderr output.
- You can use this option when you need to run a command which ignore the console's codepage.
- You should only need to use this option in very rare circumstances.
- This value can be any valid encoding C(Name) based on the output of C([System.Text.Encoding]::GetEncodings()).
See U(https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.text.encoding.getencodings).
type: str
notes:
- If you want to run an executable securely and predictably, it may be
better to use the M(ansible.windows.win_command) module instead. Best practices when writing
playbooks will follow the trend of using M(ansible.windows.win_command) unless C(win_shell) is
explicitly required. When running ad-hoc commands, use your best judgement.
- WinRM will not return from a command execution until all child processes created have exited.
Thus, it is not possible to use M(ansible.windows.win_shell) to spawn long-running child or background processes.
Consider creating a Windows service for managing background processes.
- Consider using M(ansible.windows.win_powershell) if you want to capture the output from the PowerShell script
as structured objects.
seealso:
- module: community.windows.psexec
- module: ansible.builtin.raw
- module: ansible.builtin.script
- module: ansible.builtin.shell
- module: ansible.windows.win_command
- module: ansible.windows.win_powershell
- module: community.windows.win_psexec
author:
- Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
'''
EXAMPLES = r'''
- name: Execute a command in the remote shell, stdout goes to the specified file on the remote
ansible.windows.win_shell: C:\somescript.ps1 >> C:\somelog.txt
- name: Change the working directory to somedir/ before executing the command
ansible.windows.win_shell: C:\somescript.ps1 >> C:\somelog.txt
args:
chdir: C:\somedir
- name: Run a command with an idempotent check on what it creates, will only run when somedir/somelog.txt does not exist
ansible.windows.win_shell: C:\somescript.ps1 >> C:\somelog.txt
args:
chdir: C:\somedir
creates: C:\somelog.txt
- name: Run a command under a non-Powershell interpreter (cmd in this case)
ansible.windows.win_shell: echo %HOMEDIR%
args:
executable: cmd
register: homedir_out
- name: Run multi-lined shell commands
ansible.windows.win_shell: |
$value = Test-Path -Path C:\temp
if ($value) {
Remove-Item -Path C:\temp -Force
}
New-Item -Path C:\temp -ItemType Directory
- name: Retrieve the input based on stdin
ansible.windows.win_shell: '$string = [Console]::In.ReadToEnd(); Write-Output $string.Trim()'
args:
stdin: Input message
'''
RETURN = r'''
msg:
description: Changed.
returned: always
type: bool
sample: true
start:
description: The command execution start time.
returned: always
type: str
sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.429568'
end:
description: The command execution end time.
returned: always
type: str
sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.755339'
delta:
description: The command execution delta time.
returned: always
type: str
sample: '0:00:00.325771'
stdout:
description: The command standard output.
returned: always
type: str
sample: 'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@main ...'
stderr:
description: The command standard error.
returned: always
type: str
sample: 'ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory'
cmd:
description: The command executed by the task.
returned: always
type: str
sample: 'rabbitmqctl join_cluster rabbit@main'
rc:
description: The command return code (0 means success).
returned: always
type: int
sample: 0
stdout_lines:
description: The command standard output split in lines.
returned: always
type: list
sample: [u'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@main ...']
'''