DOCUMENTATION: name: commonpath author: Shivam Durgbuns version_added: "2.15" short_description: gets the common path description: - Returns the longest common path from the given list of paths. options: _input: description: A list of paths. type: list elements: path required: true seealso: - plugin: ansible.builtin.basename plugin_type: filter EXAMPLES: | # To get the longest common path (ex. '/foo/bar') from the given list of paths (ex. ['/foo/bar/foobar','/foo/bar']) {{ listofpaths | commonpath }} RETURN: _value: description: The longest common path from the given list of paths. type: path