Blockinfile indentation

Joanna Delaporte

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May 26, 2016, 4:33:15 PM5/26/16

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I am using blockinfile to write lines to a vars file that includes a few different layers of indentation. How do I make sure the indentation levels are maintained correctly using the block | statement?

Thanks!

Joanna

Alli

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Jul 28, 2016, 2:32:40 PM7/28/16

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You can use a block indentation indicator http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2793979

e.g:

- blockinfile:

dest: /etc/postfix/master.cf

insertafter: "^submission inet n - n - - smtpd$"

block: |2

-o syslog_name=postfix/submission

-o ...

The number specifies how many spaces there are that are meaningful, so there's a total of 8 leading spaces, 6 of which are yaml indentation and 2 for the block itself.

From this excellent answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/21699210