DOCUMENTATION: name: quote version_added: "2.10" short_description: shell quoting description: - Quote a string to safely use as in a POSIX shell. notes: - This is a passthrough to Python's C(shlex.quote). positional: _input options: _input: description: String to quote. type: str required: true EXAMPLES: | - name: Run a shell command shell: echo {{ string_value | quote }} RETURN: _value: description: Quoted string. type: str