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51 lines
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.TH ANSIBLE.LINEINFILE 5 "2012-10-02" "0.8" "ANSIBLE MODULES"
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." generated from library/lineinfile
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.SH NAME
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lineinfile \- Ensure a particular line is in a file
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." ------ DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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This module will search a file for a line, and ensure that it is present or absent.
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.PP
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This is primarily useful when you want to change a single line in a file only. For other cases, see the \fIcopy\fR or \fItemplate\fR modules.
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." ------ OPTIONS
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP state
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Whether the line should be there or not.
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.IR Choices :
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present,absent. (default: present)
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.IP name
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The file to modify(required)
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.IP insertafter
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Used with \fCstate=present\fR. If specified, the line will be inserted after the specified regular expression. Two special values are available; \fCBOF\fR for inserting the line at the beginning of the file, and \fCEOF\fR for inserting the line at the end of the file.
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.IR Choices :
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BOF,EOF. (default: EOF)
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.IP regexp
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The regular expression to look for in the file. For \fCstate=present\fR, the pattern to replace. For \fCstate=absent\fR, the pattern of the line to remove.(required)
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.IP line
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Required for \fCstate=present\fR. The line to insert/replace into the file. Must match the value given to \fCregexp\fR.
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.IP backup
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Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.."
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." ------ NOTES
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." ------ EXAMPLES
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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.nf
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lineinfile name=/etc/selinux/config regexp=^SELINUX= line=SELINUX=disabled
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.fi
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.PP
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.nf
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lineinfile name=/etc/sudoers state=absent regexp="^%wheel"
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.fi
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." ------- AUTHOR
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.SH AUTHOR
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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR ansible (1),
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.I http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#lineinfile |