https://quicktasks.ismael.casimpan.com/tags/create-file/Recent content in create-file on IT QuicktasksHugo -- gohugo.ioCopyright © 2018–2022, Ismael Casimpan Jr.; All Rights ReservedSat, 21 Sep 2019 00:20:25 +0800https://quicktasks.ismael.casimpan.com/post/create-file/Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:20:25 +0800https://quicktasks.ismael.casimpan.com/post/create-file/ 1--- 2- hosts: localhost 3become: true 45tasks: 6- name: Create file 7file: 8path: /tmp/yallo 9state: touch Ref http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/file_module.html An alternative is to use 'lineinfile' module. In my example below, Ubuntu 18.x no longer has the /etc/rc.local but it still works. See below 1## NOTE : /etc/rc.local doesn't exist in Ubuntu18.x but still runs if executable + has the shebang line 2## See https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/783/ubuntu-18.04-rc.local-file-not-exist-launch-with-systemd-rc-local#.XDYuL88zZTY 3- name: Create executable /etc/rc.local if it doesn't exist 4lineinfile: 5dest: /etc/rc.