# How to  replace a word or a content in a file using ansible.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-replace-a-word-or-a-content-in-a-file-using-ansible/27590>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-replace-a-word-or-a-content-in-a-file-using-ansible/27590 "2018-05-22T10:27:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gowtham\_Nakulan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@Gowtham\_Nakulan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gowtham_Nakulan)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-replace-a-word-or-a-content-in-a-file-using-ansible/27590/1 "2018-05-22T10:27:30Z")

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I am trying to replace a word in file using Ansible.

Any inputs how to acheive it.

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**Author:** ![abhay\_srivastava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@abhay\_srivastava](https://forum.ansible.com/u/abhay_srivastava)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-replace-a-word-or-a-content-in-a-file-using-ansible/27590/2 "2018-05-22T10:29:47Z")

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Use replace module.

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.3/replace\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.3/replace_module.html)