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I need to create an xml formated file in ansible. The file contains <> and spaces.

When I run the playbook without the <> or any white spaces between lines in it, the playbook creates the files.

How can I create a file with the following context

blockinfile:
 path: /tmp/testfile.txt
 content: |
 <example1>
 this is test1
 blah
 blah
 </example1>

 <example2>
 this is test2
 hello
 </example2>

Look at the block section of blockinfile, https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/blockinfile_module.html

Here is an example role

user1$ cat testblock/tasks/main.yml
---
- name: Testing blockinfile
 blockinfile:
 path: /tmp/testfile.txt
 block: |
 <example1>
 this is a test1
 blah
 blah
 </example1>

 <example2>
 this is test2
 hello
 </example2>
...

And here is the playbook:

user1$ cat testblock.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
 roles:
 - testblock
...

Running ansible-playbook ./testblock.yml produces the following file:

user1$ cat /tmp/testfile.txt
# BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
<example1>
 this is a test1
 blah
 blah
 </example1>

 <example2>
 this is test2
 hello
 </example2>
# END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK

Hope this helps.