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Export failing on yq error, flattened #169

@sean-m-sullivan

Description

@sean-m-sullivan

Summary

Issue with exporting and the yq command at end of the role.

Issue Type

  • Bug Report

Ansible, Collection, Controller details

ansible-galaxy collection list
aap_utilities 3.0.1
yq==3.4.3
AAP 2.5


- ansible installation method: one of source, pip, OS package, EE
pip

## OS / ENVIRONMENT

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## Desired Behavior

the export completes.

## Actual Behavior

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Please give some details of what is actually happening.
Include a [minimum complete verifiable example] with:
Playbook:
---
- hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:

    input_tag:
      - controller_credentials
      - controller_execution_environments
      - controller_groups
      - controller_hosts
      - controller_inventories
      - controller_inventory_sources
      - controller_job_templates
      - controller_notification_templates
      - controller_organizations
      - controller_projects
      - controller_workflow_job_templates
      - controller_applications
      - controller_labels
      - controller_schedules
    aap_validate_certs: false
    query_controller_api_max_objects: 150000

  roles:
    - infra.aap_configuration_extended.filetree_create

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```console (error)
failed: [localhost] (item=/tmp/filetree_output/controller_execution_environments.yaml) => {"_current_file": {"atime": 1759944272.3376234, "ctime": 1759870728.2941716, "dev": 64768, "gid": 1044, "gr_name": "ssulliv45", "inode": 134706115, "isblk": false, "ischr": false, "isdir": false, "isfifo": false, "isgid": false, "islnk": false, "isreg": true, "issock": false, "isuid": false, "mode": "0644", "mtime": 1759870727.6751635, "nlink": 1, "path": "/tmp/filetree_output/controller_execution_environments.yaml", "pw_name": "ssulliv45", "rgrp": true, "roth": true, "rusr": true, "size": 982, "uid": 1043, "wgrp": false, "woth": false, "wusr": true, "xgrp": false, "xoth": false, "xusr": false}, "ansible_loop_var": "_current_file", "changed": true, "cmd": "/usr/bin/env yq -i -y -P '/tmp/filetree_output/controller_execution_environments.yaml' && echo '...' >> '/tmp/filetree_output/controller_execution_environments.yaml'", "delta": "0:00:00.163250", "end": "2025-10-08 13:27:21.634099", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2025-10-08 13:27:21.470849", "stderr": "yq: -i/--in-place can only be used with filename arguments, not on standard input", "stderr_lines": ["yq: -i/--in-place can only be used with filename arguments, not on standard input"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

errors every time. every time.

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