ansible.builtin.fileglob filter – explode a path glob to matching files

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 fileglob. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.fileglob for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

  • Return a list of files that matches the supplied path glob pattern.

  • Filters run on the controller, so the files are matched from the controller’s file system.

Input

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

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

Path glob pattern.

Examples

# found = ['/etc/hosts', '/etc/hasts']
found: "{{ '/etc/h?sts' | fileglob }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

list / elements=string

List of files matched.

Returned: success