community.routeros.quote_argument filter – Quote an argument

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.routeros collection (version 2.18.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.routeros.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.routeros.quote_argument.

New in community.routeros 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Quote an argument.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.routeros.quote_argument.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

An argument to quote.

Examples

- name: Quote a RouterOS CLI command argument
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    quoted: "{{ 'comment=this is a "comment"' | community.routeros.quote_argument }}"
    # Should result in 'comment="this is a \"comment\""'

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

The quoted argument.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.