would this do what you want?
- name: edit a line in a file
ansible.builtin.command:
chdir: /home/username/
cmd: 'sed -i "s/This is a file/This is a new file/" somefile'
> On 07/27/2023 3:13 PM CEST Kathy L <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I am trying to edit a string in a multi-line file. For instance, if I had
> this string:
>
> This is a file and I am editing it
>
> I want to add the string "new" in front of file if it does not exist already.
>
> I've tried lineinfile, but the issue is that I don't know what else is on the
> line. There could be more data after "This is a file and I am editing it"
> that I don't want to change. What is the best way to do this?
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