lineinfile module can not inserting double quotes at the beginning and end of the line

[jaypei]

Issue Type:

Bug Report

Ansible Version:

ansible 1.9.0.1
  configured module search path = None

Environment:

Running on Arch Linux, managing CentOS 5 or Arch Linux.

Summary:

When using the lineinfile module with with double quotes at the beginning and end of the line, double quotes is missing.
Similar problems in #9171 and #8806, has still not been completely solved.

Steps To Reproduce:

$ cat site.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: insert a line into the quoted file with many double quotation strings
    lineinfile: dest=/tmp/myline.txt line="\"quote\" and \"unquote\"" create=yes

Expected Results:

$ cat /tmp/myline.txt

"quote" and "unquote"

Actual Results:

$ cat /tmp/myline.txt

quote" and "unquote

[abadger]

Closing This Ticket

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