fileglob

Collection Note

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

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

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.

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input string required		Path glob pattern.

Examples

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

Return Values

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	list	List of files matched.