Using Ansible "find" to find files in directory that match - ansible

Question

I am trying to use "find" to find all files in a directory with certain filenames, but it doesn't seem to be working:
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: "Ansible | Print a variable"
debug:
msg: "The play_tomcat_dest_dir is {{ play_tomcat_dest_dir }}"
- name: Delete any mysql-connector-java-*.jar files
find:
paths: "{{ play_tomcat_dest_dir }}lib"
patterns: "mysql-connector-java-*.jar"
use_regex: true
register: wildcard_files_to_delete
- name: "Ansible | Print a variable"
debug:
msg: "The wildcard_files_to_delete is {{ wildcard_files_to_delete }}"
The play_tomcat_dest_dir is:
/apps/apache-tomcat-9.0.54/
and "/apps/apache-tomcat-9.0.54/lib" directory has at least one "mysql-connector-java-...jar" file.
But when I run this playbook (using ansible-playbook) I am getting:
PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [test_host]
TASK [Ansible | Print a variable] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [test_host] => {
"msg": "The play_tomcat_dest_dir is /apps/apache-tomcat-9.0.54/"
}
TASK [Delete any mysql-connector-java-*.jar files] ******************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [test_host]
TASK [Ansible | Print a variable] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [test_host] => {
"msg": "The wildcard_files_to_delete is {u'files': [], u'changed': False, 'failed': False, u'examined': 55, u'msg': u'', u'matched': 0}"
}
PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
test_host : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
Can someone tell me what is wrong with the "find"?
Thanks! Jim

Answer 1

I found the answer:
https://devops.stackexchange.com/questions/5070/how-do-i-get-the-find-module-to-work-in-ansible
I commented out the "use_regex" line, and then it worked :)!!