You could also use the "slurp" module, and register the full file contents, and use
when: foo.contents | match(regexp) I think Paul's suggestion is clearer and easier though, and transfers less over the wire. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Paul Durivage <[email protected]>wrote: > I think what you'd want to do here is use the shell module to check for > the regex with grep, emphasis on "I think". You could also use the exit > code, since grep exits with a 0 when it matches lines, 1 if no match is > found. This is probably easier. > > - name: Check if file has Fred > shell: grep 'fred' /path/to/file > register: grep > > - name: Do this if we find Fred > debug: msg="We found Fred" > when: grep.stdout > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Peter Leggett <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> how can i execute a ansible task only if a file contains a specfic regexp >> ? >> I was hoping to use the when: statement as follows :- >> >> - name: do this task only if file contains fred >> command: some command >> when: file contains "fred" >> >> Can something like this work ? Thanks for any help. >> >> Pete >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/cd6273a1-3a1b-45c0-b6c9-54dcd4e7fa84%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/cd6273a1-3a1b-45c0-b6c9-54dcd4e7fa84%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK6JQEEUOnxL2YDm4oTh1_snQ24ugcqB4j2WJ5kPEPoP8X0Tnw%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK6JQEEUOnxL2YDm4oTh1_snQ24ugcqB4j2WJ5kPEPoP8X0Tnw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgyfyFThB4e4ftaaJJgiZ12MARmaF_-OzKYvB%2BAkOUm0XQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
