Also don't forget to add the "ignore_errors: yes" parameter, otherwise your play will just exit in error if the string isn't found.
On Friday, May 2, 2014 at 12:11:19 AM UTC+10, Peter Leggett wrote: > > Hi, > > how can i execute a ansible task only if a file contains a specfic regexp ? > I was hoping to use the when: statement as follows :- > > - name: do this task only if file contains fred > command: some command > when: file contains "fred" > > Can something like this work ? Thanks for any help. > > Pete > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/46302287-9503-4ebd-94a4-a510395946dd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
