ansible.builtin.expanduser filter – Returns a path with ~ translation.

Note

This filter plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name expanduser. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.expanduser for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

  • Translates ~ in a path to the proper user’s home directory.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | ansible.builtin.expanduser.

Parameter

Comments

Input

path / required

A string that contains a path.

Examples

# To get '/home/myuser/stuff.txt' from '~/stuff.txt'.
{{ mypath | expanduser }}

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

path

The translated path.

Returned: success

Authors

  • ansible core team