Problem: regex should find the end of the line - take the next new line

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Hi,
I have

`

  • name: update file1 with 0 in the end if it missing
    replace:
    backup: yes
    dest: /tmp/file1
    regexp: ‘^(start of line.*[^0])$’
    replace: ‘\1 0’

`

This add 0 to lines that start with “start of line”.

It’s run okay if there are no empty lines between.
If there is empty line under the match line it add the 0 to the empty line.
For example, the 2 lines:

`
start of line fjhdsjkfhdsk

`

will be:

start of line fjhdsjkfhdsk 0

instead of:

`
start of line fjhdsjkfhdsk 0

`

I tried to add the (?<!0) the look behind - but don’t work at all.
How can I make it catch the first new line?

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It's in the documentation of the module under regexp.