Using wildcards in ansible playbooks - ansible

Question

I'm running a script remotely on an ansible client which creates a filename HOSTNAME.html.
I plan to run this on numerous clients in one go, so I need to be able to copy all the files *.html from all the clients.
I'm new to this so have a little playbook.
---
- hosts: tariq-test
tasks:
- name: run script
script: /usr/bin/cfg2html-linux
- name: fetch file
fetch:
src: /root/*.html
dest: /tmp/
flat: yes
And get this:
[root#ansible playbooks]# ansible-playbook scp.yml
PLAY [tariq-test] *******************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [tariq-test]
TASK [run script] *******************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [tariq-test]
TASK [fetch file] *******************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [tariq-test]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "file not found: /root/*.html"}
to retry, use: --limit #/etc/ansible/playbooks/scp.retry
PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************
tariq-test : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1

Answer 1

(Not tested)
Option 1:
If the filename is hostname.html and there is only one file
fetch:
src: "/root/{{ansible_hostname}}.html"
dest: /tmp/
flat: yes
Option 2:
Find the files with *.html pattern and then use fetch within loop.
- name: Find files
find:
path: "{{folder}}"
pattern: "*.html"
register: html_files
- name: Fetch files
fetch:
src: "{{item.path}}"
dest: /tmp/
flat: yes
with_items: "{{html_files.files}}"