commonpath¶

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 2.15.

Synopsis¶

Returns the longest common path from the given list of paths.

Parameters¶

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input list / elements=path required		A list of paths.

Examples¶

# To get the longest common path (for example - '/foo/bar') from the given list of paths
# (for example - ['/foo/bar/foobar','/foo/bar'])
{{ listofpaths | commonpath }}

Return Values¶

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	path	The longest common path from the given list of paths.

Authors¶

Shivam Durgbuns