Provided by: cdist_6.9.4-1ubuntu1_all bug

NAME

       cdist-type__line - Manage lines in files

DESCRIPTION

       This cdist type allows you to add lines and remove lines from files.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       None.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       after  Insert the given line after this pattern.

       before Insert the given line before this pattern.

       file   If supplied, use this as the destination file.  Otherwise the object_id is used.

       line   Specifies the line which should be absent or present.

              Must be present, if state is 'present' or 'replace'.  Ignored if regex is given and
              state is 'absent'.

       regex  If state is 'present', search for this pattern and if  it  matches  add  the  given
              line.

              If state is 'absent', ensure all lines matching the regular expression are absent.

              If state is 'replace', ensure all lines matching the regular expression are exactly
              'line'.

              The regular expression is interpreted by awk's match function.

       state  'present', 'absent' or 'replace', defaults to 'present'.

       onchange
              The code to run if line is added, removed or updated.

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

       None.

MESSAGES

       added  The line was added.

       updated
              The line or its position was changed.

       removed
              The line was removed.

EXAMPLES

          # Manage a hosts entry for www.example.com.
          __line /etc/hosts \
              --line '127.0.0.2 www.example.com'

          # Manage another hosts entry for test.example.com.
          __line hosts:test.example.com \
              --file /etc/hosts \
              --line '127.0.0.3 test.example.com'

          # Remove the line starting with TIMEZONE from the /etc/rc.conf file.
          __line legacy_timezone \
             --file /etc/rc.conf \
             --regex 'TIMEZONE=.*' \
             --state absent

          # Insert a line before another one.
          __line password-auth-local:classify \
              --file /etc/pam.d/password-auth-local \
              --line '-session required pam_exec.so debug log=/tmp/classify.log /usr/local/libexec/classify' \
              --before '^session[[:space:]]+include[[:space:]]+password-auth-ac$'

          # Insert a line after another one.
          __line password-auth-local:classify \
              --file /etc/pam.d/password-auth-local \
              --line '-session required pam_exec.so debug log=/tmp/classify.log /usr/local/libexec/classify' \
              --after '^session[[:space:]]+include[[:space:]]+password-auth-ac$'

          # Uncomment as needed and set a value in a configuration file.
          __line /etc/example.conf \
              --line 'SomeSetting SomeValue' \
              --regex '^(#[[:space:]]*)?SomeSetting[[:space:]]' \
              --state replace

SEE ALSO

       cdist-type(7)

AUTHORS

       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2018 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is granted under the  terms
       of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2020