#!/bin/sh -e . "$1" fail () { echo "{\"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"$1\"}" exit } which collectd || fail "Can't find collectd executable." collectd -h | sed -n 's/[a-zA-Z ]*\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/{"changed": false, "ansible_facts": {"collectd": {"major":\1, "minor":\2, "patch":\3}}}/p'