Hi, thanks for the reply. Indeed that suggestion worked out in replacement of using `shell` module (or similar).
Thanks for sharing. On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 18:53, Vladimir Botka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:25:26 -0800 (PST) > João Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > > > - I have a file and want to insert in the beginning of each line the > # > > character > > - No matter if it has 10 lines or 1000 lines > > - The final goal would be to no matter which file I said so, will add > # > > to the beginning of line > > Use "replace" module. For example > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/replace_module.html#replace-replace-all-instances-of-a-particular-string-in-a-file-using-a-back-referenced-regular-expression > > - replace: > path: "{{ item }}" > regexp: '^(.*)$' > replace: '# \1' > loop: "{{ list_of_files }}" > > HTH, > > -vlado > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAG3v9heUWvhdS9__KW_4ch6DPdRVZTAqgpDiUc47EminC6kZvg%40mail.gmail.com.
