DOCUMENTATION: name: file author: Ansible Core version_added: "2.5" short_description: does the path resolve to an existing file description: - Check if the provided path maps to an existing file on the controller's filesystem (localhost) aliases: [is_file] options: _input: description: A path. type: path EXAMPLES: | vars: my_etc_hosts_is_a_file: "{{ '/etc/hosts' is file }}" list_of_files: "{{ list_of_paths | select('file') }}" RETURN: _value: description: Returns C(True) if the path corresponds to an existing file on the filesystem on the controller, C(False) if otherwise. type: boolean