Ah Ok, i see.
Using a string manipulating module like replace is inherently fragile,
so whatever works now may break tomorrow (as you pointed out).
Since your input is yaml, I would look into another approach, like
lookup the file content, parse it as yaml, change the required
keys/values, and then write the file back.
This way is more robust in terms of input (the ordering/comments/etc
won't matter), and also output, as that will be valid yaml.
On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 09:25, Manisha <singhmanisha012...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> *****************************
> ---
> - 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'
> ****************************************
>
>
> 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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