TASK [first debug] *************************************************************
task path: /Users/pmcdonough171/Splunk/loops.yml:17
ok: [localhost] => {
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        "changed": false,
        "examined": 22,
        "files": [
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                "ctime": 1475752571.0,
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                "gid": 20,
                "inode": 1102182,
                "isblk": false,
                "ischr": false,
                "isdir": false,
                "isfifo": false,
                "isgid": false,
                "islnk": false,
                "isreg": true,
                "issock": false,
                "isuid": false,
                "mode": "0644",
                "mtime": 1475752571.0,
                "nlink": 1,
                "path": "splunk_apps/alert-manager_205.tgz",
                "rgrp": true,
                "roth": true,
                "rusr": true,
                "size": 737112,
                "uid": 501,
                "wgrp": false,
                "woth": false,
                "wusr": true,
                "xgrp": false,
                "xoth": false,
                "xusr": false
            },
<snip>
            {
                "atime": 1477327620.0,
                "ctime": 1475751615.0,
                "dev": 16777220,
                "gid": 20,
                "inode": 1082411,
                "isblk": false,
                "ischr": false,
                "isdir": false,
                "isfifo": false,
                "isgid": false,
                "islnk": false,
                "isreg": true,
                "issock": false,
                "isuid": false,
                "mode": "0644",
                "mtime": 1475751615.0,
                "nlink": 1,
                "path": "splunk_apps/treemap-custom-visualization_111.tgz",
                "rgrp": true,
                "roth": true,
                "rusr": true,
                "size": 323248,
                "uid": 501,
                "wgrp": false,
                "woth": false,
                "wusr": true,
                "xgrp": false,
                "xoth": false,
                "xusr": false
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        "msg": ""
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}

TASK [setting fact attempt 17] *************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Unexpected templating type error occurred on ({{ (app_list.files|from_json).path }}): expected string or buffer"}
...ignoring

TASK [second debug] ************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Unexpected templating type error occurred on ({{ (app_list.files|from_json).path }}): expected string or buffer"}
...ignoring