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## credit: http://fabian-affolter.ch/blog/the-lineinfile-module-of-ansible/ | |
--- | |
- hosts: alpine_install | |
user: root | |
tasks: | |
# - name: create a complete empty file | |
# command: /usr/bin/touch /test/test.conf | |
- name: create a new file with lineinfile | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^' line='' | |
state=present | |
create=True | |
- name: add a string to the new file | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^' | |
line='Hello, World!' | |
state=present | |
- name: add a multiline string to the file and delete the string from before | |
# Be aware, with the given regex the string will be added everytime the playbook runs | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^' | |
line='#This is a comment\n#Another comment\n#Another comment, again\n#Again a comment\n#The last comment' | |
state=present | |
- name: add a single line, in this case the same as the comment but uncommented | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^Another' | |
insertafter='^#Another' | |
line='Another comment, no longer a comment' | |
state=present | |
- name: remove the line '#Again a comment' | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^#Again' | |
state=absent | |
- name: add a new string at the beginning of the file | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^This' | |
insertbefore=BOF | |
line='This is no longer a comment' | |
- name: add a new string before the match | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='^Another' | |
insertbefore='^#Another' | |
line='Another comment, no longer' | |
- name: add a new string at the end of the file | |
lineinfile: dest=/test/test.conf | |
regexp='' | |
insertafter=EOF | |
line='The latest entry' |
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