Is there with_fileglob that works remotely in ansible?

Question

Is there with_fileglob that works remotely in ansible?

Mainly I do want to use something similar with the with_fileglob but that will glob

Answer 1

Here's a way to do it so that you can loop through all found. In my example, i had to look for all instances of pip to wipe out awscli in preparation to install awscli v2.0. I've done similar with lineinfile to strip out vars in /etc/skel dotfiles

- name: search for pip
  find:
    paths: [ /usr/local/bin, /usr/bin ]
    file_type: any
    pattern: pip*
  register: foundpip

- name: Parse out pip paths (say that 3 times fast)
  set_fact:
    pips: "{{ foundpip | json_query('files[*].path') }}"

- name: List all the found versions of pip
  debug:
    msg: "{{ pips }}"

#upgrading pip often leaves broken symlinks or older wrappers behind which doesn't affect pip but breaks playbooks so ignore!
- name: remove awscli with found versions of pip
  pip:
    name: awscli
    state: absent
    executable: "{{ item }}"
  loop: "{{ pips }}"
  ignore_errors: yes