@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
' supported_by ' : ' core ' }
DOCUMENTATION = """
DOCUMENTATION = r'''
- - -
module : lineinfile
short_description : Manage lines in text files
@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ options:
- If C ( backrefs ) is set , may contain backreferences that will get
expanded with the C ( regexp ) capture groups if the regexp matches .
type : str
aliases : [ value ]
backrefs :
description :
- Used with C ( state = present ) .
@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ options:
that will get populated if the C ( regexp ) matches .
- This parameter changes the operation of the module slightly ;
C ( insertbefore ) and C ( insertafter ) will be ignored , and if the C ( regexp )
does n' t match anywhere in the file, the file will be left unchanged .
does not match anywhere in the file , the file will be left unchanged .
- If the C ( regexp ) does match , the last matching line will be replaced by
the expanded line parameter .
type : bool
@ -137,22 +138,24 @@ seealso:
author :
- Daniel Hokka Zakrissoni ( @dhozac )
- Ahti Kitsik ( @ahtik )
"""
'''
EXAMPLES = r """
# Before 2.3, option 'dest', 'destfile' or 'name' was used instead of 'path'
- lineinfile :
EXAMPLES = r '''
# NOTE: Before 2.3, option 'dest', 'destfile' or 'name' was used instead of 'path'
- name : Ensure SELinux is set to enforcing mode
lineinfile :
path : / etc / selinux / config
regexp : ' ^SELINUX= '
line : SELINUX = enforcing
- lineinfile :
- name : Make sure group wheel is not in the sudoers configuration
lineinfile :
path : / etc / sudoers
state : absent
regexp : ' ^ % wheel '
# Searches for a line that begins with 127.0.0.1 and replaces it with the value of the 'line' parameter
- lineinfile :
- name : Replace a localhost entry with our own
lineinfile :
path : / etc / hosts
regexp : ' ^127 \ .0 \ .0 \ .1 '
line : 127.0 .0 .1 localhost
@ -160,46 +163,43 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
group : root
mode : ' 0644 '
- lineinfile :
- name : Ensure the default Apache port is 8080
lineinfile :
path : / etc / httpd / conf / httpd . conf
regexp : ' ^Listen '
insertafter : ' ^#Listen '
line : Listen 8080
- lineinfile :
- name : Ensure we have our own comment added to / etc / services
lineinfile :
path : / etc / services
regexp : ' ^# port for http '
insertbefore : ' ^www.*80/tcp '
line : ' # port for http by default '
# Add a line to a file if the file does not exist, without passing regexp
- lineinfile :
- name : Add a line to a file if the file does not exist , without passing regexp
lineinfile :
path : / tmp / testfile
line : 192.168 .1 .99 foo . lab . net foo
create : yes
# Fully quoted because of the ': ' on the line. See the Gotchas in the YAML docs.
- lineinfile :
path : / etc / sudoers
state : present
regexp : ' ^ % wheel \ s '
line : ' % wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL '
# Yaml requires escaping backslashes in double quotes but not in single quotes
- lineinfile :
# NOTE: Yaml requires escaping backslashes in double quotes but not in single quotes
- name : Ensure the JBoss memory settings are exactly as needed
lineinfile :
path : / opt / jboss - as / bin / standalone . conf
regexp : ' ^(.*)Xms( \\ d+)m(.*)$ '
line : ' \1 Xms$ {xms} m \3 '
backrefs : yes
# Validate the sudoers file before saving
- lineinfile :
# NOTE: Fully quoted because of the ': ' on the line. See the Gotchas in the YAML docs.
- name : Validate the sudoers file before saving
lineinfile :
path : / etc / sudoers
state : present
regexp : ' ^ % ADMIN ALL= '
line : ' % ADMIN ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL '
validate : / usr / sbin / visudo - cf % s
"""
'''
import os
import re