Re: [ansible-project] lineinfile anywhere match
Ah I didnt see the bit at the bottom. Thanks > -- 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/bb104894-cd32-4863-9fc2-c151c3ce1e5d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [ansible-project] lineinfile anywhere match
On 02. juni 2017 18:54, Anfield wrote: Ive read both. Its still not clear to me how to do an anywhere match on a string OK, but did you read my entire answer? The answer to your question is in it. -- Kai Stian Olstad -- 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/34369ac4-9241-95f4-f3cd-a21d3781f768%40olstad.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [ansible-project] lineinfile anywhere match
Found the answer, from the below list, purple replaced brown with the > playbook further below crimson blahstuffcans buns buns grey purple orange grey grey %jabba% jabba1 Below replaced brown with purple for example --- - hosts: local tasks: - name: Line In File lineinfile: dest: /home/ansible/test.txt regexp: 'row' insertbefore: BOF line: 'purple' state: present register: foundstuff - debug: var=foundstuff -- 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/8d0f0de4-40df-4d0d-8e1a-1e0c626f21d6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [ansible-project] lineinfile anywhere match
Ive read both. Its still not clear to me how to do an anywhere match on a string > -- 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/476115fd-b41f-4962-97a3-4ad8d32a2e8c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [ansible-project] lineinfile anywhere match
On 02. juni 2017 17:55, Anfield wrote: How do I do an anywhere match for a string and replace with some text? The below playbook doesnt work. But just looking for example to search for part of green - reen and replace this with jabba. How do I do that? Thanks I suggest reading about regexp here https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html and then https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/lineinfile_module.html List red blahstuffcans buns buns grey green brown red grey grey Playbook - --- - hosts: local tasks: - name: Line In File lineinfile: dest: /home/ansible/test.txt regexp: '%reen%' line: '%jabba%' register: foundstuff - debug: var=foundstuff % is not a valid regexp special character so you literally searching for a line containing %reen% and replace that line with %jabba%. But since %reen% is not in file it will add %jabba% to the bottom. To make it work you need to do this - name: Line In File lineinfile: dest: /home/ansible/test.txt backrefs: yes regexp: '(.*)reen(.*)' line: '\1jabba\2' -- Kai Stian Olstad -- 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/4cec57d9-2a38-0a88-6681-92c2e8e60237%40olstad.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
