- hosts: nas name: Sync mailu ignore_unreachable: false vars: app_path: "{{ '25,143,465,993,995,587>192.168.77.106>dsadsad dsad dasdas-ddasd>TCP>443,80>192.168.77.106>>TCP>' | regex_replace('\MAIL_SERVER\>[0-9,]{1,}\>([0-9.]{1,})\>[0-9a-zA-Z\s-]{0,}\>TCP\>', '111') }}" tasks: - name: Print the gateway for each host when defined ansible.builtin.debug: msg: var is {{ app_path }}