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Add Execute Permission 755 on Linux file — Ansible module file

How to automate the setting of execute permission 755 for example.sh Linux file with Ansible module file.

Luca Berton
5 min readMar 30, 2022

How to Add Execute Permission 755 on Linux file with Ansible?
I’m going to show you a live demo and some simple Ansible code.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible Add Execute Permission

  • `ansible.builtin.file`
  • Manage files and file properties

Today we’re talking about the Ansible module `file`.

The full name is ansible.builtin.file, which means that is part of the collection of modules “builtin” with ansible and shipped with it.

It’s a module pretty stable and out for years.

It works in a different variety of operating systems.

It manages files and file properties.

For Windows targets, use the `ansible.windows.win_file` module instead.

Main Parameters

  • path string (dest, name) —…

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Luca Berton
Luca Berton

Written by Luca Berton

I help creative Automation DevOps, Cloud Engineer, System Administrator, and IT Professional to succeed with Ansible Technology to automate more things everyday

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