DOCUMENTATION: name: abs author: Ansible Core version_added: "2.5" short_description: is the path absolute aliases: [is_abs] description: - Check if the provided path is absolute, not relative. - An absolute path expresses the location of a filesystem object starting at the filesystem root and requires no context. - A relative path does not start at the filesystem root and requires a 'current' directory as a context to resolve. options: _input: description: A path. type: path EXAMPLES: | is_path_absolute: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is abs }}}" relative_paths: "{{ all_paths | reject('abs') }}" RETURN: _value: description: Returns C(True) if the path is absolute, C(False) if it is relative. type: boolean