03-regex-replace

Regex replace filter

Q: How many backslashes are required for backrefs in regex_replace?

A: It depends. Normally two for YAML, but one if using a literal block scalar. If a number comes immediately after a backref, use \g<$n>.

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

TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
        "msg": "abc123"
}

TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
        "msg": "abc123"
}

TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
        "msg": "123456"
}

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0