I would honestly use slurp to fetch the file and maybe a set_fact to set a
var indicating it's existence. That is the pattern I have always used.
Something like:
- slurp:
path: /etc/myfile
register: myfile
- set_fact:
contains_cmdline: "{{ myfile.contents|b64decode|search("^CMDLINE") }}"
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Nico Sabbi <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI,
> I need to do a grep-like search in a file without using shell commands and
> in a check_mode compatible way.
> I just need to check the presence of a given string a in a file without
> doing overwrites of any kind.
> I implemented something with lineinfile but I'm very annoyed by the need
> to specify the line parameter to overwrite the file
> because the r.e. may be wrong.
>
> Is there any cleaner way to do what I need?
>
> - name: grub
> become: true
> lineinfile:
> path: /etc/myfile
> backrefs: yes
> regexp: "^CMDLINE (.*)"
> line: 'CMDLINE \1'
> state: present
> register: myxx
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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