Break a string over multiple lines — Ansible”>” and “|” operators

How to use multi-line YAML variables in Ansible using the “|”, Literal Block Scalar, and the “>”, Folded Block Scalar, operators. Plus how to elide the new line “\n” at the end of the line and print multi-line with debug module on a terminal.

How to Break a string over multiple lines with Ansible? And in general with YAML language.
I’m going to show you a live demo with some simple Ansible code.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible Break a string over multiple lines

• “|” — Literal Block Scalar operator
• “>” — Folded Block Scalar operator

Today we’re talking about Ansible Break a string over multiple lines:
Basically, there are two different operators:

• the “|” — Literal Block Scalar”
• the “>” Folded Block Scalar”