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Ansible run command with updated PATH version

I am doing the following:

  tasks:
- name: Output env vars
  shell: echo $PATH $ANDROID_HOME > path.txt
  environment:
    ANDROID_HOME: "/home/{{ deploy_user }}/android-sdk-linux"
    PATH: "{{ ansible_env.ANDROID_HOME }} /tools:/platform-tools:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"

Server output:

$ less path.txt
 {{ ansible_env.ANDROID_HOME }}/tools:/platform-tools:{{ ansible_env.PATH }} /home/azureuser/android-sdk-linux}}

It seems that the string is not interpolated.

Exactly the same tutorial with the task:

  tasks:
- name: Output $PATH
  shell: echo $PATH $ANDROID_HOME > path.txt
  environment:
    ANDROID_HOME: "/home/{{ deploy_user }}/android-sdk-linux"
    PATH: "/tools:/platform-tools:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"

gives

$ less path.txt
  /tools:/platform-tools:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games /home/azureuser/android-sdk-linux

which I expected.

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You cannot use undefined variable, in your case

PATH: "{{ansible_env.ANDROID_HOME}} / tools: / platform-tools: {{ansible_env.PATH}}"



I assume you don't have a "ANDROID_HOME" variable on the remote node, so the whole line is not interpreted.

You need to replace "{{ansible_env.ANDROID_HOME}} with" {{ANDROID_HOME}} "or use some other logic.

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