Replace multiple lines in a file at different locations

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I am looking to replace or delete redundant lines in a file at different line numbers.

For example, a file has the following content



In this case, I want to remove and replace with .
Is there a possibility to do this in Ansible?

2

Maybe http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/lineinfile_module.html will help?

[wani@linux tmp ]$ cat /tmp/a



[wani@linux tmp ]$ cat a.yaml

  • hosts: localhost

tasks:

  • lineinfile:
    path: /tmp/a
    regexp: “^ ”
    state: absent

  • lineinfile:
    path: /tmp/a
    regexp: “^ ”
    line: “ ”
    [wani@linux tmp ]$ ansible-playbook a.yaml
    [WARNING]: Host file not found: /etc/ansible/hosts

[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

PLAY [localhost] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [lineinfile] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [lineinfile] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=3 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=0

[wani@linux tmp ]$ cat /tmp/a