DOCUMENTATION: name: expandvars author: ansible core team version_added: "1.5" short_description: expand environment variables description: - Will do a shell-like substitution of environment variables on the provided input. options: _input: description: A string that contains environment variables. type: str required: true EXAMPLES: | # To get '/home/myuser/stuff.txt' from '$HOME/stuff.txt' {{ mypath | expandvars }} RETURN: _value: description: The string with translated environment variable values. type: str