win_find - Return a list of files based on specific criteria

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• Return a list of files based on specified criteria.
• Multiple criteria are AND’d together.
• For non-Windows targets, use the find module instead.

Parameters

Examples

- name: Find files in path
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp

- name: Find hidden files in path
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    hidden: yes

- name: Find files in multiple paths
  win_find:
    paths:
    - C:\Temp
    - D:\Temp

- name: Find files in directory while searching recursively
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    recurse: yes

- name: Find files in directory while following symlinks
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    recurse: yes
    follow: yes

- name: Find files with .log and .out extension using powershell wildcards
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    patterns: [ '*.log', '*.out' ]

- name: Find files in path based on regex pattern
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    patterns: out_\d{8}-\d{6}.log

- name: Find files older than 1 day
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    age: 86400

- name: Find files older than 1 day based on create time
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    age: 86400
    age_stamp: ctime

- name: Find files older than 1 day with unit syntax
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    age: 1d

- name: Find files newer than 1 hour
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    age: -3600

- name: Find files newer than 1 hour with unit syntax
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    age: -1h

- name: Find files larger than 1MB
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    size: 1048576

- name: Find files larger than 1GB with unit syntax
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    size: 1g

- name: Find files smaller than 1MB
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    size: -1048576

- name: Find files smaller than 1GB with unit syntax
  win_find:
    paths: D:\Temp
    size: -1g

- name: Find folders/symlinks in multiple paths
  win_find:
    paths:
    - C:\Temp
    - D:\Temp
    file_type: directory

- name: Find files and return SHA256 checksum of files found
  win_find:
    paths: C:\Temp
    get_checksum: yes
    checksum_algorithm: sha256

- name: Find files and do not return the checksum
  win_find:
    paths: C:\Temp
    get_checksum: no

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Jordan Borean (@jborean93)