25.02.2017 · Lineinfile multiple lines. This section is for replacing multiple lineinfile tasks with a single task and with_items. If your intention is to add multiple lines to a file, you should use the blockinfile module. You can use with_items to loop through a list of hashes.
02.11.2017 · Adding a line to the end of a file in Ansible. Adding a line to the end of a file is pretty easy with lineinfile since it is the default behaviour. For example, to add the line “hey this is easy” to a file as the last line, you can execute the following script. As you can see I have only added two parameters path and the line.
21.12.2021 · ansible.builtin.lineinfile – Manage lines in text files. Note. This module is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name lineinfile even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module documentation and to ...
13.12.2017 · I am trying to add multiple lines to a config file after a match and using the lineinfile but I am finding that the resulting lines are reversed. Here is my playbook: - name: Line test lineinfile: path: /home/vagrant/abcd insertafter: '### AFTER THIS LINE' line: "{{ item }}" state: present with_items: - '# This is line 1' - '# This is line 2' - '# This is line 3'
07.06.2021 · Ansible lineinfile module could be the saviour of your day when you want to work with files and especially modify their content on the run, like …
04.01.2020 · i have implemented ansible lineinfile module with loop and it's working as expected. Able to add multiple entry in the sudoers file using lineinfile loop module. Hope this will meet your requirement. - name: "Providing sudo access to linux team users" lineinfile: path: /etc/sudoers line: ' { {item}} ALL= (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' state: present ...
Mar 30, 2016 · It is impossible to reliably add an empty line to the end of the file using the lineinfile module. lineinfile module is designed so that it: will search a file for a line, and ensure that it is present or absent. Effectively if an empty line existed somewhere in a file the task will pass successfully without adding a new line to the end.
Dec 21, 2021 · This is primarily useful when you want to change a single line in a file only. See the ansible.builtin.replace module if you want to change multiple, similar lines or check ansible.builtin.blockinfile if you want to insert/update/remove a block of lines in a file. For other cases, see the ansible.builtin.copy or ansible.builtin.template modules.
By default Ansible blockinfile inserts the block without a leading empty line: 127.0.0.1 localhost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx derico.de ### BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK ...
Jun 07, 2021 · The Ansible lineinfile module Ansible lineinfile module is helpful when you want to add, remove, modify a single line in a file. You can also use conditions to match the line before modifying or removing using the regular expressions. You can reuse and modify the matched line using the back reference parameter.
Nov 02, 2017 · by Ansible admin Depending on your requirements, you might need to add a line to a file in different positions. Start of the file. End of the file. After a line/pattern. Before a line/pattern. Append a string to a line (before/after). Also, there might be other conditions you need to satisfy like, Add multiple lines. Add command line arguments.
18.01.2014 · I need to insert a multiline string with the lineinfile module. According to this article, the special char \n should work, but in the current version it doesn’t. lineinfile: dest=/tmp/file regexp='^MY_CONF=' line='#some comment\nMY_CONF...
Dec 01, 2020 · lineinfile - Ensure a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression. You are reading an unmaintained version of the Ansible documentation. Unmaintained Ansible versions can contain unfixed security vulnerabilities (CVE). Please upgrade to a maintained version.
Jan 18, 2014 · I need to insert a multiline string with the lineinfile module. According to this article, the special char should work, but in the current version it doesn’t. lineinfile: dest=/tmp/file regexp='^MY_CONF=' line='#some comment MY_CONF...
16.03.2015 · I'm trying insert a line in a property file using ansible. I want to add some property if it does not exist, but not replace it if such property already exists in the file. I add to my ansible role. - name: add couchbase host to properties lineinfile: dest=/database.properties regexp="^couchbase.host" line="couchbase.host=127.0.0.1".
20.06.2014 · The same way there is a module lineinfile to add one line in a file, is there a way to add several lines? I do not want to use a template because you have to provide the whole file. I just want to add something to an existing file without necessarily knowing what the file already contains so a template is not an option.