DOCUMENTATION: name: basename author: ansible core team version_added: "historical" short_description: get a path's base name description: - Returns the last name component of a path, what is left in the string that is not 'dirname'. options: _input: description: A path. type: path required: true seealso: - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.dirname EXAMPLES: | # To get the last name of a file path, like 'foo.txt' out of '/etc/asdf/foo.txt' {{ mypath | basename }} RETURN: _value: description: The base name from the path provided. type: str