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+# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import os
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+from ansible.template import Templar
+
+class LookupModule(LookupBase):
+
+    def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
+
+        if not isinstance(terms, list):
+            terms = [ terms ]
+
+        templar = Templar(loader=self._loader, variables=variables)
+
+        ret = []
+        for term in terms:
+            path = self._loader.path_dwim(term)
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                with open(path, 'r') as f:
+                    template_data = f.read()
+                    res = templar.template(template_data, preserve_trailing_newlines=True)
+                    ret.append(res)
+            else:
+                raise AnsibleError("the template file %s could not be found for the lookup" % term)
+        return ret