ansible.builtin.splitext filter – split a path into root and file extension

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 splitext even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

  • Returns a list of two, with the elements consisting of filename root and extension.

Input

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

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

A path.

Examples

# gobble => [ '/etc/make', 'conf' ]
gobble: "{{ '/etc/make.conf' | splitext }}"

# file_n_ext => [ 'ansible', 'cfg' ]
file_n_ext: "{{ 'ansible.cfg' | splitext }}"

# hoax => ['/etc/hoasdf', '']
hoax: '{{ "/etc//hoasdf/"|splitext }}'

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

list / elements=string

A list consisting of root of the path and the extension.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Matt Martz (@sivel)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.