nutanix/cg_nutanix_vm_create/tasks/get_user_vm_defs.yml

---
# Parse user-provided VM specifications and store them in a list of dictionaries,
# with each VM's specifications stored in a dictionary.
- name: Read user-provided VM specs from {{ vm_data_tsv }}
  shell: /usr/bin/awk -F'~' '!/^#/ && !/^$/ && NR!=1 {print $0}' {{ vm_data_tsv }}
  register: tsvout
- name: Load VM specs from tsv into the list user_vm_defs 
  set_fact:
    user_vm_defs: "{{ user_vm_defs|default([]) + [ { \
                     'vm_name' : item.split('~').0, \
                     'vm_ip' : item.split('~').1, \
                     'vm_subnet_name' : item.split('~').2, \
                     'vm_image_name' : item.split('~').3, \
                     'vm_num_sockets' : item.split('~').4, \
                     'vm_memory' : item.split('~').5, \
                     'vm_disk_list' : item.split('~').6} ] }}"
  with_items: "{{ tsvout.stdout_lines }}"

- name: Debug | User-provided VM Specifications
  debug:
    msg: "User-provided VM specifications: {{ user_vm_defs }}"
  when: global_debug|bool