- 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
On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 1:46:22 PM UTC-6 Antony Stone wrote:
> 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 [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:58 PM Aris Aguirre <[email protected]>
> 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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