using the unix command "source" in ansible

Question

I have the following ansible playbooks:

runWithDotSlash.yml

---
 - hosts: user@myhost.local
   tasks:
   - name: try running a script with dot slash
     command: ./script.sh

runWithSource.yml

---
 - hosts: user@myhost.local
   tasks:
   - name: try running a script with source
     command: source script.sh

When I ssh into user@myhost.local I am taken to the home directory of user and I can run script.sh both with dot slash and with source. However only the first playbook works.

I am running the playbooks with the following command:

ansible-playbook runWithDotSlash.yml
ansible-playbook runWithSource.yml

The second gives the following error message:

FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": "source script.sh", "msg": "[Errno 2] No such file or directory", "rc": 2}

Here is script.sh which is in the home directory of user on myhost

#!/bin/bash
echo $1 > ansible_tempfile

Why does source not work? What can I do to make it work?

you can type the absolute pah ej: /home/user/some_dir/scrit.sh — Igmer Rodriguez, May 29 '19 at 21:15
thanks for this comment, I think you might be on to something because when I use the full path both scripts fail instead of just one. I will look into this further — user11466558, May 29 '19 at 21:26

Alassane Ndiaye · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-29T21:38:53.533

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source is a bash command. By default, the command module uses sh. Calling bash -c 'source script.sh' should work.

edited May 29 '19 at 21:38

answered May 29 '19 at 21:27

Alassane Ndiaye

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in sh the command is `.` (dot). But calling either `.` or `source` with a new shell like that makes zero sense because `source` is supposed to run in the **current shell** – phuclv Jun 30 '21 at 03:54

using the unix command "source" in ansible

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