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.. _ansible.windows.win_find_module:


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ansible.windows.win_find
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**Return a list of files based on specific criteria**



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Synopsis
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- Return a list of files based on specified criteria.
- Multiple criteria are AND'd together.
- For non-Windows targets, use the :ref:`find <find_module>` module instead.




Parameters
----------

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            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
                        <th width="100%">Comments</th>
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                    <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>age</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Select files or folders whose age is equal to or greater than the specified time.</div>
                                            <div>Use a negative age to find files equal to or less than the specified time.</div>
                                            <div>You can choose seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks by specifying the first letter of an of those words (e.g., &quot;2s&quot;, &quot;10d&quot;, 1w&quot;).</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>age_stamp</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>atime</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>ctime</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>mtime</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Choose the file property against which we compare <code>age</code>.</div>
                                            <div>The default attribute we compare with is the last modification time.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>checksum_algorithm</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>md5</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>sha1</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>sha256</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>sha384</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>sha512</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Algorithm to determine the checksum of a file.</div>
                                            <div>Will throw an error if the host is unable to use specified algorithm.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>file_type</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>directory</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>file</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Type of file to search for.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>follow</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Set this to <code>yes</code> to follow symlinks in the path.</div>
                                            <div>This needs to be used in conjunction with <code>recurse</code>.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>get_checksum</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether to return a checksum of the file in the return info (default sha1), use <code>checksum_algorithm</code> to change from the default.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>hidden</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Set this to include hidden files or folders.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>paths</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>List of paths of directories to search for files or folders in.</div>
                                            <div>This can be supplied as a single path or a list of paths.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>patterns</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>One or more (powershell or regex) patterns to compare filenames with.</div>
                                            <div>The type of pattern matching is controlled by <code>use_regex</code> option.</div>
                                            <div>The patterns restrict the list of files or folders to be returned based on the filenames.</div>
                                            <div>For a file to be matched it only has to match with one pattern in a list provided.</div>
                                                                <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: regex, regexp</div>
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            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>recurse</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Will recursively descend into the directory looking for files or folders.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>size</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Select files or folders whose size is equal to or greater than the specified size.</div>
                                            <div>Use a negative value to find files equal to or less than the specified size.</div>
                                            <div>You can specify the size with a suffix of the byte type i.e. kilo = k, mega = m...</div>
                                            <div>Size is not evaluated for symbolic links.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>use_regex</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Will set patterns to run as a regex check if set to <code>yes</code>.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                        </table>
    <br/>




Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: Find files in path
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp

    - name: Find hidden files in path
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        hidden: yes

    - name: Find files in multiple paths
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths:
        - C:\Temp
        - D:\Temp

    - name: Find files in directory while searching recursively
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        recurse: yes

    - name: Find files in directory while following symlinks
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        recurse: yes
        follow: yes

    - name: Find files with .log and .out extension using powershell wildcards
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        patterns: [ '*.log', '*.out' ]

    - name: Find files in path based on regex pattern
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        patterns: out_\d{8}-\d{6}.log

    - name: Find files older than 1 day
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        age: 86400

    - name: Find files older than 1 day based on create time
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        age: 86400
        age_stamp: ctime

    - name: Find files older than 1 day with unit syntax
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        age: 1d

    - name: Find files newer than 1 hour
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        age: -3600

    - name: Find files newer than 1 hour with unit syntax
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        age: -1h

    - name: Find files larger than 1MB
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        size: 1048576

    - name: Find files larger than 1GB with unit syntax
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        size: 1g

    - name: Find files smaller than 1MB
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        size: -1048576

    - name: Find files smaller than 1GB with unit syntax
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: D:\Temp
        size: -1g

    - name: Find folders/symlinks in multiple paths
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths:
        - C:\Temp
        - D:\Temp
        file_type: directory

    - name: Find files and return SHA256 checksum of files found
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: C:\Temp
        get_checksum: yes
        checksum_algorithm: sha256

    - name: Find files and do not return the checksum
      ansible.windows.win_find:
        paths: C:\Temp
        get_checksum: no




Return Values
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Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>examined</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The number of files/folders that was checked.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">10</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
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                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>files</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>Information on the files/folders that match the criteria returned as a list of dictionary elements for each file matched. The entries are sorted by the path value alphabetically.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                                            <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>attributes</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>attributes of the file at path in raw form.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">Archive, Hidden</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>checksum</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists, path is a file, get_checksum == True</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The checksum of a file based on checksum_algorithm specified.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">09cb79e8fc7453c84a07f644e441fd81623b7f98</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>creationtime</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">float</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The create time of the file represented in seconds since epoch.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1477984205.15</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>exists</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>Whether the file exists, will always be true for <span class='module'>ansible.windows.win_find</span>.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>extension</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists, path is a file</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The extension of the file at path.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">.ps1</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>filename</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The name of the file.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">temp</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>hlnk_targets</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>List of other files pointing to the same file (hard links), excludes the current file.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&#x27;C:\\temp\\file.txt&#x27;, &#x27;C:\\Windows\\update.log&#x27;]</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>isarchive</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is ready for archiving or not.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>isdir</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is a directory or not.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ishidden</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is hidden or not.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>isjunction</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is a junction point.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>islnk</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is a symbolic link.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>isreadonly</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is read only or not.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>isreg</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is a regular file or not.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>isshared</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>If the path is shared or not.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">True</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>lastaccesstime</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">float</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The last access time of the file represented in seconds since epoch.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1477984205.15</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>lastwritetime</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">float</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The last modification time of the file represented in seconds since epoch.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1477984205.15</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>lnk_source</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists, path is a symbolic link or junction point</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The target of the symlink normalized for the remote filesystem.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">C:\temp</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>lnk_target</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists, path is a symbolic link or junction point</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The target of the symlink. Note that relative paths remain relative, will return null if not a link.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">temp</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>nlink</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>Number of links to the file (hard links)</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>owner</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The owner of the file.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">BUILTIN\Administrators</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>path</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The full absolute path to the file.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">BUILTIN\Administrators</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>sharename</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists, path is a directory and isshared == True</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The name of share if folder is shared.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">file-share</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>size</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success, path exists, path is a file</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The size in bytes of the file.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1024</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                    
                                                <tr>
                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>matched</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                                                                        <div>The number of files/folders that match the criteria.</div>
                                                                <br/>
                                            <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                                                <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">2</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                        </table>
    <br/><br/>


Status
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Authors
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- Jordan Borean (@jborean93)


.. hint::
    Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.
