expanduser

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 1.5.

Synopsis

• Translates C(~) in a path to the proper user's home directory.

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input path required		A string that contains a path.

Examples

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

Return Values

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	path	The translated path.

Authors

• Ansible Core Team