On 23.10.2019 08:35, Ankit wrote:
> ---
> - hosts: all
> gather_facts: false
> vars:
> *var1:* '[monitor://D:\Logs\Org.SNP.Publisher\*]'
> *var2**:* '[monitor://D:\new\path\dir\*]'
> tasks:
> - name: test unsafe variable in the file
> replace:
> path: /home/anks/yaml/filewithcontent
> regexp: '{{ *var1 *| regex_escape() }}'
> replace: "{{ *var2 *}}"
> ...
>
> I have been trying different things like *unsafe!* , *regex_replace()* but
> it doesn't seem to work. Could anyone please suggest how can i achieve this?
Replace module is using Python re[1] module.
Your replace: contain escape sequences, if Python re recognize a escape
sequence it will replace it.
You have \n, \b and \d of these Python re do recognize \n at least, so you need
to be escaped it by putting an extra \ in it so it becomes \\n
[1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html
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