DOCUMENTATION: name: dirname author: ansible core team version_added: "historical" short_description: get a path's directory name description: - Returns the 'head' component of a path, basically everything that is not the 'basename'. options: _input: description: A path. type: path required: true seealso: - plugin: ansible.builtin.basename plugin_type: filter EXAMPLES: | # To get the dir name of a file path, like '/etc/asdf' out of '/etc/asdf/foo.txt' {{ mypath | dirname }} RETURN: _value: description: The directory portion of the original path. type: path