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# in addition to loop_with_items, the loop that works over a variable, ansible can do more sophisticated looping.

# developer types: these are powered by 'lookup_plugins' should you ever decide to write your own
# see lib/ansible/runner/lookup_plugins/fileglob.py

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:

    # this will copy every file in /etc to the directory /tmp/fuzz
    # note the directory must be created first

    - file: dest=/tmp/fuzz state=directory

    - copy: src=$item dest=/tmp/fuzz/
      with_fileglob: /etc/* 

    # think about what other kinds of variables you would like to use in ansible.  It's easy to write lookup
    # plugins and the name of the plugin will make "with_(PLUGIN)" available for use in the task syntax.
    # for instance, writing a plugin named "weather" would make "with_weather" available, and you could
    # write a lookup plugin to query the weather forecast.

    # note with_items and with_* are currently incompatible, and you can use only one of these per task.