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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 16:04:21 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 16:04:21 +0000 |
commit | 8a754e0858d922e955e71b253c139e071ecec432 (patch) | |
tree | 527d16e74bfd1840c85efd675fdecad056c54107 /lib/ansible/plugins/filter/regex_search.yml | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.14.3.upstream/2.14.3upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/regex_search.yml b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/regex_search.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c61efb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/regex_search.yml @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +DOCUMENTATION: + name: regex_search + version_added: "2.0" + short_description: extract regex match from string + description: + - Search in a string to extract the part that matches the regular expression. + notes: + - Maps to Python's C(re.search). + positional: _input, _regex + options: + _input: + description: String to match against. + type: str + required: true + _regex: + description: Regular expression string that defines the match. + type: str + multiline: + description: Search across line endings if C(True), do not if otherwise. + type: bool + default: no + ignorecase: + description: Force the search to be case insensitive if C(True), case sensitive otherwise. + type: bool + default: no + +EXAMPLES: | + + # db => 'database42' + db: "{{ 'server1/database42' | regex_search('database[0-9]+') }}" + + # drinkat => 'BAR' + drinkat: "{{ 'foo\nBAR' | regex_search('^bar', multiline=True, ignorecase=True) }}" + +RETURN: + _value: + description: Matched string or empty string if no match. + type: str |