- add simple python regex tester w/ an accompanied ansible test

- add create user ansible test
- organized scattered referenced URLs into one place

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+#
+# https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/create-user-with-ansible
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user_module.html
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_variables.html
+#
+---
+- name: "14 - custom ansible - verifyl user"
+  hosts: dev
+  become: yes  # Run tasks with root/sudo privileges
+  vars:
+    username: testuser1
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: check if user exists
+      ansible.builtin.command: id {{ username }}
+#      ansible.builtin.shell: id {{ username }}
+      register: user_check
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: display user information
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: user '{{ username }}' exists !
+      when: user_check.rc == 0
+
+    - name: display error message if user does not exist
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: user '{{ username }}' does not exist !
+      when: user_check.rc != 0