# regexp failing .... not sure why

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/regexp-failing-not-sure-why/25941>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regexp-failing-not-sure-why/25941 "2017-11-06T23:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Renald\_Casagraude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Renald\_Casagraude](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Renald_Casagraude)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regexp-failing-not-sure-why/25941/1 "2017-11-06T23:10:01Z")

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Maybe you can try to proceed by inclusion, knowing the format of a limits.conf :  
^\s\*[\*a-z]+\s+soft\s+nofile

R.