DOCUMENTATION: name: win_basename author: ansible core team version_added: "2.0" short_description: Get a Windows path's base name description: - Returns the last name component of a Windows path, what is left in the string that is not 'win_dirname'. options: _input: description: A Windows path. type: str required: true seealso: - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.win_dirname EXAMPLES: | # To get the last name of a file Windows path, like 'foo.txt' out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt' {{ mypath | win_basename }} RETURN: _value: description: The base name from the Windows path provided. type: str