How to check if a file exists in Ansible?

Question

I have to check whether a file exists in /etc/. If the file exists then I have to skip the task. Here is the code I am using:

- name: checking th         


        

Answer 1

vars:
  mypath: "/etc/file.txt"

tasks:
  - name: checking the file exists
    command: touch file.txt
    when: mypath is not exists