Replace a string in multiple lines in a file not working

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Hi all,
I’m written a play book to replace a string in multiple lines in a file but it not reflected, It has changed in last line of a file.
not replace in multiple places.

  • name: updating driver letter as in config file
    win_lineinfile:
    path: “{{ item.path }}”
    backrefs: true
    regexp: ‘-fileOverwrite_D’
    line: ‘-fileOverwrite_{{ target_disk|upper }}’
    state: present
    with_items:
  • “{{ result.files }}”

The file of content is as below:

install

2

Hi Venkat,

Use replace instead of line. Replace will substitute all instances of regexp.

See example below:


- name: Replace after the expression till the end of the file (requires Ansible >= 2.4)
  replace:
    path: /etc/apache2/sites-available/default.conf
    after: 'NameVirtualHost [*]'
    regexp: '^(.+)$'
    replace: '# '
3

Thanks for reply.
I’m working on windows so it’s not working “replace module”

4

Thanks for reply.
I'm working on windows so it's not working "replace module"

Why wouldn't the module work on Windows?

Regards
         Racke

5

All modules not supporting for windows.

see below link for windows for window;
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_windows_modules.html

6

All modules not supporting for windows.

see below link for windows for window;
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_windows_modules.html

I would assume that all regular Ansible modules work with Windows unless specifically noted in
the module documentation.

Regards
        Racke

7

Ansible is easy in linux but not easy in windows.