Lookup docs (#30280)

* finalize lookup documentation
* minor fixes to ansible-doc
 - actually show which file caused error on when listing plugins
 - removed redundant display of type and name
* smart quote fixes from toshio
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# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
# (c) 2013, Steven Dossett <sdossett@panath.com>
#
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#
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# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type
DOCUMENTATION = """
lookup: inventory_hostnames
author:
- Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
- Steven Dossett <sdossett@panath.com>
version_added: "1.3"
short_description: list of inventory hosts matching a host pattern
description:
- "This lookup understands 'host patterns' as used bye the `hosts:` keyword in plays
and can return a list of matching hosts from inventory"
notes:
- this is only worth for 'hostname patterns' it is easier to loop over the group/group_names variables otherwise.
"""
EXAMPLES = """
- name: show all the hosts matching the pattern, ie all but the group www
debug:
msg: "{{ item }}"
with_inventory_hostnames:
- all:!www
"""
RETURN = """
_hostnames:
description: list of hostnames that matched the host pattern in inventory
type: list
"""
from ansible.inventory.manager import split_host_pattern, order_patterns
from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase