Hi,
I have a variables.yml file in which I store variables in this format:
patterns:
- file: file_1.xml
regexp: 17701
replace: 17706
- file: file_2.xml
regexp: 17701
replace: 17706
- file: file_3.xml
regexp: 17701
replace: 17706
then, in my playbook I first import these variables:
- name: Read pattern replaces from file and save them as variables
include_vars: ~/path_to_file/variables.yml
and then do replaces on these files like this:
- name: perform pattern replaces for files
local_action:
module: replace
follow: yes
path: '~/path_to_files/{{ item.file }}'
regexp: '{{ item.regexp }}'
replace: '{{ item.replace }}'
with_items:
- "{{ patterns }}"
All works well, but I need to be able to specify files with regexp in the
variables.yml file. Something like below:
patterns:
- file: file_*.xml
regexp: 17701
replace: 17706
- file: other_file.xml
regexp: a
replace: b
This will fail as replace module will output that 'file_*.xml' cannot be
found
I can do this by using shell module and sed command but I'd really like to
stick to using the correct modules instead of falling back to bash. Do you
have any suggestion on how to achieve something like this?
thanks!
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