# MODULE FAILURE using Replace and with\_together

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-failure-using-replace-and-with-together/23117>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-failure-using-replace-and-with-together/23117 "2016-11-28T02:40:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-failure-using-replace-and-with-together/23117/1 "2016-11-28T02:40:42Z")

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Hello, I’m getting a module failure when trying to use ‘replace’ and with\_together.  
Is there something wrong with my script? thank you.

Tasks:

- name: Gather Current DB Settings - Database Name  
shell: grep -v “|” /tmp/directory{{ date }}/{{ item }}/application/config/production/database.php | grep “‘database’” | awk ‘{print $3}’ | sed “s/  
;//g” | sed “s/'//g”  
with\_items:

- “{{ products }}”  
register: db\_name

- name: Update DB Settings - Database Name  
replace:  
dest: /tmp/directory{{ date }}/{{ item.0 }}/application/config/production/database.php  
regexp: ‘{{ item.1 }}’  
replace: ‘{{ item.2 }}’  
with\_together:

- “{{ products }}”

- db\_name.results

- “{{ database\_name\_update }}”

Error:

An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/tmp/ansible\_DptbqW/ansible\_module\_replace.py”, line 169, in   
main()  
File “/tmp/ansible\_DptbqW/ansible\_module\_replace.py”, line 145, in main  
mre = re.compile(params[‘regexp’], re.MULTILINE)  
File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/re.py”, line 190, in compile  
return \_compile(pattern, flags)  
File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/re.py”, line 242, in \_compile  
raise error, v # invalid expression  
sre\_constants.error: unexpected end of regular expression