Ansible: Insert line if not exists

Question

I\'m trying insert a line in a property file using ansible. I want to add some property if it does not exist, but not replace it if such property already exists in the file.

Answer 1

By a long way of "Trials and errors" I come to this:

- name: check existence of line in the target file
  command: grep -Fxq "ip addr add {{ item }}/32 dev lo label lo:{{ app | default('app') }}" /etc/rc.local
  changed_when: false
  failed_when: false
  register: ip_test
  with_items:
    - "{{ list_of_ips }}"

- name: add autostart command
  lineinfile: dest=/etc/rc.local 
              line="ip addr add {{ item.item }}/32 dev lo label lo:{{ app | default('app') }}"
              insertbefore="exit 0"
              state=present
  when: item.rc == 1
  with_items:
    - "{{ ip_test.results }}"