DOCUMENTATION: name: regex_findall version_added: "2.0" short_description: extract all regex matches from string description: - Search in a string or extract all the parts of a string matching a regular expression. positional: _input, _regex options: _input: description: String to match against. type: str required: true _regex: description: Regular expression string that defines the match. type: str multiline: description: Search across line endings if C(True), do not if otherwise. type: bool default: no ignorecase: description: Force the search to be case insensitive if C(True), case sensitive otherwise. type: bool default: no EXAMPLES: | # all_pirates => ['CAR', 'tar', 'bar'] all_pirates: "{{ 'CAR\ntar\nfoo\nbar\n' | regex_findall('^.ar$', multiline=True, ignorecase=True) }}" # get_ips => ['8.8.8.8', '8.8.4.4'] get_ips: "{{ 'Some DNS servers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4' | regex_findall('\\b(?:[0-9]{1,3}\\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\\b') }}" RETURN: _value: description: List of matched strings. type: list elements: str