Trying this (which doesn't delete the lines yet).... but the other problem is that the shell task is not idempotent
--- # tasks file for dns_update - name: Retrieve ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts shell: ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts | grep ^ifcfg- register: path_files - name: Removing all DNS entries in ifcfg-* files lineinfile: path: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/{{ path_files.stdout_lines }} state: absent regexp: '^DNS' with_items: "{{ path_files.stdout_lines }}" --------------------RESULTS------------------------ PLAY [test] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] ok: [ansibletest-oel6] TASK [dns_update : Retrieve ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************** changed: [ansibletest-rhel7] changed: [ansibletest-rhel6] changed: [ansibletest-oel6] TASK [dns_update : Removing all DNS entries in ifcfg-* files] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-bond0) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-bond0) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-bond0) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-eth0) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth0) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth0) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-eth1) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth1) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-eth2) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth1) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth2) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-eth3) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth2) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-eth4) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth3) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-eth5) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth3) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth4) ok: [ansibletest-rhel7] => (item=ifcfg-lo) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth5) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth4) ok: [ansibletest-rhel6] => (item=ifcfg-lo) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth5) ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-lo) PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ansibletest-oel6 : ok=3 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 ansibletest-rhel6 : ok=3 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 ansibletest-rhel7 : ok=3 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 -- 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/ca145f16-714b-48d4-a69f-3ac7f079bb18%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.