file¶

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.builtin collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

Added in version 2.5.

Synopsis¶

Check if the provided path maps to an existing file on the controller's filesystem (localhost)

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input path		A path.

vars:
  my_etc_hosts_is_a_file: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is file }}"
  list_of_files: "{{ list_of_paths | select('file') }}"

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	boolean	Returns V(True) if the path corresponds to an existing file on the filesystem on the controller, V(False) if otherwise.