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diff --git a/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/__init__.py b/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/__init__.py
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+++ b/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/__init__.py
diff --git a/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/action/__init__.py b/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/action/__init__.py
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+++ b/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/action/__init__.py
diff --git a/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/action/collect.py b/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/action/collect.py
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+++ b/qtip/ansible_library/plugins/action/collect.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+###############################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2017 ZTE Corporation
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##############################################################################
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+import re
+
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+
+    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
+        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
+
+        if result.get('skipped', False):
+            return result
+
+        string = self._task.args.get('string')
+        patterns = self._task.args.get('patterns')
+
+        return collect(patterns, string)
+
+
+def collect(patterns, string):
+    """collect all named subgroups of the match into a list keyed by subgroup name
+    """
+    captured = defaultdict(list)
+
+    if not isinstance(patterns, list):
+        patterns = [patterns]
+
+    for p in patterns:
+        for match_obj in re.finditer(p, string, re.MULTILINE):
+            for (key, value) in match_obj.groupdict().items():
+                captured[key].append(value)
+
+    return captured
diff --git a/tests/unit/ansible_library/plugins/action/collect_test.py b/tests/unit/ansible_library/plugins/action/collect_test.py
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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2017 ZTE Corp and others.
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##############################################################################
+
+import pytest
+
+from qtip.ansible_library.plugins.action import collect
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def string():
+    return """Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
+consectetur adipiscing elit,
+sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
+
+Ut enim ad minim veniam,
+quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
+
+Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
+Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
+"""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("patterns,expected", [
+    ('not exist', {}),
+    ('Lorem (\S+)', {}),
+    ('nisi ut (?P<name>\S+)', {'name': ['aliquip']}),
+    ('in\s(?P<in>\w+)', {'in': ['reprehenderit', 'voluptate', 'culpa']})
+])
+def test_collect(patterns, string, expected):
+    assert collect.collect(patterns, string) == expected