ansible lineinfile how add multiple lines with multiple dest? - ansible

Question

I have many lines need to add, like
today
is
a
good
day
if just one dest, will be
- name: add line
lineinfile:
dest: "/tmp/aaa.txt"
line: "{{ item }}"
with_items:
- "toady"
- "is"
- "a"
- "good"
- "day"
and then, also have many files need to add, like
aaa.txt
bbb.txt
ccc.txt
if just one line, will be
- name: add line
lineinfile:
dest: "{{ item }}"
line: "today"
with_items:
- "/tmp/aaa.txt"
- "/tmp/bbb.txt"
- "/tmp/ccc.txt"
Now I need mix them, both have all dest and all line, but I can't try it success.
Both of them are an array or object, I try many method still fail.
Helppppppp please :(
Thanks everyone

Answer 1

Althought this looks a bit weird to me and that I think you should probably consider using blockinfile or even better a template, there is a solution to your exact question. One possibility here with the product filter:
- name: Add several lines to several files
vars:
lines:
- today
- is
- a
- good
- day
files:
- a.txt
- b.txt
- c.txt
lineinfile:
line: "{{ item.0 }}"
dest: "{{ item.1 }}"
loop: "{{ lines | product(files) }}"

Answer 2

Use nested. For example
- hosts: localhost
vars:
files: [aaa.txt, bbb.txt, ccc.txt]
lines: [today, good, day]
tasks:
- lineinfile:
create: true
dest: "/tmp/{{ item.0 }}"
line: "{{ item.1 }}"
with_nested:
- "{{ files }}"
- "{{ lines }}"
gives
shell> cat /tmp/aaa.txt
today
good
day
shell> cat /tmp/bbb.txt
today
good
day
shell> cat /tmp/ccc.txt
today
good
day