Erase all lines but one using Ansible
So I'm working with an Ansible playbook and my idea is to remove all lines from a debug variable but keep one. For example,
- name: Debug
debug:
var: json_response
Let's consider that json_response has 100+ lines. I would like to find my specific word and keep the line. Like this:
Keeping the line where you find the words: "crazy"
output.json:
I'm doing this test
So you guys can understand
What I'm saying
I'm a crazy test
And the result output.json would be:
I'm a crazy test
Right now, I've looked at the "lineinfile" module for ansible and it says:
"This module ensures a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression"
But it doesn't seems to fullfill my needs, any ideas?
Thanks
ansible
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
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So I'm working with an Ansible playbook and my idea is to remove all lines from a debug variable but keep one. For example,
- name: Debug
debug:
var: json_response
Let's consider that json_response has 100+ lines. I would like to find my specific word and keep the line. Like this:
Keeping the line where you find the words: "crazy"
output.json:
I'm doing this test
So you guys can understand
What I'm saying
I'm a crazy test
And the result output.json would be:
I'm a crazy test
Right now, I've looked at the "lineinfile" module for ansible and it says:
"This module ensures a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression"
But it doesn't seems to fullfill my needs, any ideas?
Thanks
ansible
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
Your example does not look like valid JSON.
– nwinkler
Nov 26 '18 at 11:20
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So I'm working with an Ansible playbook and my idea is to remove all lines from a debug variable but keep one. For example,
- name: Debug
debug:
var: json_response
Let's consider that json_response has 100+ lines. I would like to find my specific word and keep the line. Like this:
Keeping the line where you find the words: "crazy"
output.json:
I'm doing this test
So you guys can understand
What I'm saying
I'm a crazy test
And the result output.json would be:
I'm a crazy test
Right now, I've looked at the "lineinfile" module for ansible and it says:
"This module ensures a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression"
But it doesn't seems to fullfill my needs, any ideas?
Thanks
ansible
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
So I'm working with an Ansible playbook and my idea is to remove all lines from a debug variable but keep one. For example,
- name: Debug
debug:
var: json_response
Let's consider that json_response has 100+ lines. I would like to find my specific word and keep the line. Like this:
Keeping the line where you find the words: "crazy"
output.json:
I'm doing this test
So you guys can understand
What I'm saying
I'm a crazy test
And the result output.json would be:
I'm a crazy test
Right now, I've looked at the "lineinfile" module for ansible and it says:
"This module ensures a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression"
But it doesn't seems to fullfill my needs, any ideas?
Thanks
ansible
ansible
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:11
Armandus FiltchArmandus Filtch
135
135
Your example does not look like valid JSON.
– nwinkler
Nov 26 '18 at 11:20
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Your example does not look like valid JSON.
– nwinkler
Nov 26 '18 at 11:20
Your example does not look like valid JSON.
– nwinkler
Nov 26 '18 at 11:20
Your example does not look like valid JSON.
– nwinkler
Nov 26 '18 at 11:20
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If json_response is a proper json data, you can use the json_query filter to search for the keyword: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#json-query-filter
Else, if it's a plain multi-line string, you can use regex_search filter instead: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#regular-expression-filters
answered Nov 22 '18 at 12:46
Domingo TamayoDomingo Tamayo
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If json_response is a proper json data, you can use the json_query filter to search for the keyword: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#json-query-filter
Else, if it's a plain multi-line string, you can use regex_search filter instead: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#regular-expression-filters
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If json_response is a proper json data, you can use the json_query filter to search for the keyword: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#json-query-filter
Else, if it's a plain multi-line string, you can use regex_search filter instead: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#regular-expression-filters
answered Nov 22 '18 at 12:46
Domingo TamayoDomingo Tamayo
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If json_response is a proper json data, you can use the json_query filter to search for the keyword: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#json-query-filter
Else, if it's a plain multi-line string, you can use regex_search filter instead: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#regular-expression-filters
answered Nov 22 '18 at 12:46
Domingo TamayoDomingo Tamayo
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If json_response is a proper json data, you can use the json_query filter to search for the keyword: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#json-query-filter
Else, if it's a plain multi-line string, you can use regex_search filter instead: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#regular-expression-filters
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Your example does not look like valid JSON.
– nwinkler
Nov 26 '18 at 11:20