Hi Dick,
Thank you for the response.
as you see the commented code where i was trying use the *after:
'payroll_emp.*' *it does not do anything and i use the replace without any
guard then all the *id: xxxxx gets change with id: 2000*
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---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Read in the animals.yml vars file.
include_vars: sample_file.yml
- name: debug the output for tiers.
debug:
msg: "{{ Company }}"
# - name: replace id for payroll_emp
# replace:
# path: sample_file.yml
# regexp: 'id:.*'
# replace: 'id: 2000'
# after: 'payroll_emp:.*'
- name: replace id for payroll_emp
replace:
path: sample_file.yml
regexp: 'id:.*'
replace: 'id: 2000'
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On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 12:41:14 PM UTC+5:30 dick....@geant.org wrote:
> What does your ansible task look like?
>
> On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 08:41, Manisha <singhmani...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am try to figure out the regex exp that will catch a key in a yaml
> file but i am not getting the way to pass through. I hope that you
> expertise on this can help me.
> >
> > Problem Statement: I have a yaml file (which will be dynamic), where i
> need to replace a specific key value.
> >
> > Example: in the below yaml file i only need to update "id" value which
> is under payroll_emp in the all the file.
> >
> > If i am using regex: id:.* this will catch all the id in the file.
> >
> > Help Needed: if there a way that i can have a regex to match the id
> under payroll_emp and change the value id: 1000 to id: 2000 .
> >
> > NOTE: we can't use the after and before parameter as this file will be
> dynamic its not sure what will be before and after id
> >
> > ---
> > Company:
> > Country:
> > states:
> > - employee:
> > Internal_1:
> > payroll_emp:
> > key_1: val_1
> > key_2: val_2
> > id: 1000
> > CWF:
> > on-shore:
> > key_1: val_1
> > key_2: val_2
> > id: 1001
> > Internal_2:
> > payroll_emp:
> > key_1: val_1
> > key_2: val_2
> > id: 1000
> > CWF:
> > on-shore:
> > key_1: val_1
> > key_2: val_2
> > id: 1001
> > Internal_3:
> > payroll_emp:
> > key_1: val_1
> > key_2: val_2
> > id: 1000
> > CWF:
> > on-shore:
> > key_1: val_1
> > key_2: val_2
> > id: 1001
> >
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