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DOCUMENTATION:
name: exists
author: Ansible Core
version_added: "2.5"
short_description: does the path exist, follow symlinks
description:
- Check if the provided path maps to an existing filesystem object on the controller (localhost).
- Follows symlinks and checks the target of the symlink instead of the link itself, use the C(link) or C(link_exists) tests to check on the link.
options:
_input:
description: a path
type: path
EXAMPLES: |
vars:
my_etc_hosts_exists: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is exist }}"
list_of_local_files_to_copy_to_remote: "{{ list_of_all_possible_files | select('exists') }}"
RETURN:
_value:
description: Returns C(True) if the path corresponds to an existing filesystem object on the controller (after following symlinks), C(False) if otherwise.
type: boolean
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