Good day all,
Not sure If I’m doing something wrong here or hitting a bug.
Goal is to update the below line.
<key=“Token” value=“some_token” />
community.windows.win_lineinfile:
path: ‘{{ some_path }}’
regex: '(.+“Token”.+“).+(” />)
line: ‘$1{{ some_new_token }}$2’
backrefs: true
I end up with:
$1new_token" />
I cannot get $1 to expand when placed directly next to “{{” in line.
line: ‘$1 {{ some_new_token }}$2’ # notice space after $1
Results in:
<key=“Token” value=" new_token" />
Changing my regex and line as below is a workaround, but I’d like to know what I’m missing above.
regex: ‘(.+“Token” value=).+’
line: ‘$1"{{ some_new_token}}" />’
Thank you for any insight.