Modifying a file

[Aris Aguirre]

I can easily use a file module to delete the existing file and create a new one with File1 content.

But I want to modifile the file using lineinfile or replace. Please help.

Thanks

Existing File:

This is an existing file / $ % with invalid characters &*() Blahh

Expected Output:

File1

[Mauricio Tavares]

If you can define it in regexp you can do it.

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[Aris Aguirre]

you cant...cos a lot of characters there.. i cant find a way how to delete them in regex.

[Antony Stone]

On Monday 25 January 2021 at 20:37:31, Aris Aguirre wrote:

> you cant...cos a lot of characters there.. i cant find a way how to delete
> them in regex.

Can you explain to us exactly what you want the command to identify?

Are there, for example, certain characters which should never appear in a file,
and if they do, you want the content to be replaced?

If that's not the case, then what do you want to recognise and replace? How
would you tell a person what to do?

> On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 1:05:37 PM UTC-6 raub...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:58 PM Aris Aguirre <aris...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I can easily use a file module to delete the existing file and create a
> > > new one with File1 content.
> >
> > > But I want to modifile the file using lineinfile or replace. Please
> > > help. Thanks
> > >
> > > Existing File:
> > > This is an existing file / $ % with invalid characters &*() Blahh
> > >
> > > Expected Output:
> > > File1
> >
> > If you can define it in regexp you can do it.

Regards,


Antony.

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[Aris Aguirre]

  - name: Delete Everything in the file
    lineinfile:
      path: /tmp/filetomodify
      regexp: "*"

      line: This is for File1

      state: absent
   

Existing File:

This is an existing file / $ % with invalid characters &*() Blahh, a lot of characters here.. Everything in this file should be delete and be replace by "This is for File1"

Expected Output:

This is for File1

My solution is below. But I would like the lineinfile as solution not as below.

Thanks

- name: Delete file

  file:

      path: /tmp/filetomodify

      state: absent

- name: Add the line

  file:

      path: /tmp/filetomodify

      content: This is for File1

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 1/28/21 6:12 AM, Aris Aguirre wrote:
>
>   - name: Delete Everything in the file
>     lineinfile:
>       path: /tmp/filetomodify
>       regexp: "*"
>       line: This is for File1
>       state: absent
>    
>
> Existing File:
> This is an existing file / $ % with invalid characters &*() Blahh, a lot of characters here.. Everything in this file
> should be delete and be replace by "This is for File1"
>
> Expected Output:
> This is for File1
>
> My solution is below. But I would like the lineinfile as solution not as below.
> Thanks

lineinfile is definitely the wrong module if you are going to update the whole file. Try copy or content module.

Regards
Racke

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[Aris Aguirre]

I know, lineinfile. I was thinking of file or copy module. Like just absent/present and content as argument. My question is, how about replace? you think the module replace can help?

Thanks