Adds search/match examples to "Playbooks > Variables > Jinja2 Filters" doc section.

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Chris Conway 11 years ago
parent 9210a96825
commit beba4c5a1a

@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ doesn't know it is a boolean value::
- debug: msg=test
when: some_string_value | bool
To match strings against a regex, use the "match" or "search" filter::
vars:
foo: abcdefg
tasks:
- shell: echo "String '{{ foo }}' matches 'abc'"
when: foo | match("abc")
- shell: echo "String '{{ foo }}' contains 'def'"
when: foo | search("def")
To replace text in a string with regex, use the "regex_replace" filter::
# convert "ansible" to "able"

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