How to store command output into array in Ansible?

Question

Essentially, I want to be able to handle \"wildcard filenames\" in Linux using ansible. In essence, this means using the ls command with part of a filename followed by an \

Answer 1

Can you try as below.

- name: Run command to cat each file and then capture that output.
   shell: cat {{ item.stdout_lines }}
   register: annoying_words
   with_items:
    - "{{ annoying.results }}"