Ansible to print ps on new row of csv file - linux

Question

Newbie ansible user here.
I'm trying to print output of ps into csv file but somehow its printing on next column rather than next row.
This is my playbook xml:
- name: Write running process into a csv file
hosts: servers
gather_facts: yes
vars:
output_path: "./reports/"
filename: "process_{{ date }}.csv"
tasks:
- name: CSV - Generate output filename
set_fact: date="{{lookup('pipe','date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S')}}"
run_once: true
- name: CSV - Create file and set the header
lineinfile:
dest: "{{ output_path }}/{{ filename }}"
line:
PID,Started,CPU,Memory,User,Process
create: yes
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: CSV - Get ps cpu
ansible.builtin.shell:
ps -e -o %p, -o lstart -o ,%C, -o %mem -o user, -o %c --no-header
register: ps
- name: CSV - Write into csv file
lineinfile:
insertafter: EOF
dest: "{{ output_path }}/{{ filename }}"
line: "{inventory_hostname}},{{ps.stdout_lines}}"
loop: "{{ ps.stdout_lines }}"
delegate_to: localhost
- name: CSV - Blank lines removal
lineinfile:
path: "./{{ output_path }}/{{ filename }}"
state: absent
regex: '^\s*$'
delegate_to: localhost
current output is like
Example of desired output :

Answer 1

... but somehow its printing on next column rather than next row ... current output is like ...
This is because within your task "CSV - Write into CSV file" you are printing out all stdout_lines for each iteration steps instead of one, the line for the iteration step only.
To print out line by line one could use an approach like
---
- hosts: localhost
become: false
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: CSV - Get ps cpu
shell:
cmd: ps -e -o %p, -o lstart -o ,%C, -o %mem -o user, -o %c --no-header
register: ps
- name: Show 'stdout_lines' one line per iteration for CSV
debug:
msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }}, {{ ps.stdout_lines[item | int] }}"
loop: "{{ range(0, ps.stdout_lines | length) | list }}"