Fix quoting issues in lineinfile for individual single-quotes

Fixes #8806

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/files/lineinfile b/files/lineinfile
index ba842e15..12f8dc89 100644
--- a/files/lineinfile
+++ b/files/lineinfile
@@ -369,14 +369,19 @@ def main():
         # so we need to know if we should specifically unquote it.
         should_unquote = not is_quoted(line)
 
+        # always add one layer of quotes
+        line = "'%s'" % line
+
         # Replace escape sequences like '\n' while being sure 
         # not to replace octal escape sequences (\ooo) since they
         # match the backref syntax.
         if backrefs:
             line = re.sub(r'(\\[0-9]{1,3})', r'\\\1', line)
-        line = module.safe_eval(pipes.quote(line))
+        line = module.safe_eval(line)
 
-        # Now remove quotes around the string, if needed
+        # Now remove quotes around the string, if needed after
+        # removing the layer we added above
+        line = unquote(line)
         if should_unquote:
             line = unquote(line)