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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: write_string
+short_description: write a string to a file
+description:
+ - write a string to a file without using temp files
+options:
+ path: path to write to
+ val: string to write
+ mode: python file mode (w, wb, a, ab)
+'''
+
+
+def main():
+ module = AnsibleModule(
+ argument_spec={
+ 'path': {'required': True, 'type': 'path', 'aliases': ['dest']},
+ 'val': {'required': True, 'type': 'str'},
+ 'mode': {'required': False, 'default': "w", 'type': 'str',
+ 'choices': ['w', 'wb', 'a', 'ab']}}
+ )
+ params = module.params
+ path = params['path']
+ mode = params['mode']
+ val = params['val']
+ with open(path, mode) as file_object:
+ file_object.write(val)
+
+ module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+
+# <<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import * # noqa
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()