# Some strange bug in the template module when combining two variables - can someone confirm?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-strange-bug-in-the-template-module-when-combining-two-variables-can-someone-confirm/16872>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 25, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-strange-bug-in-the-template-module-when-combining-two-variables-can-someone-confirm/16872 "2014-11-25T09:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stephen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-strange-bug-in-the-template-module-when-combining-two-variables-can-someone-confirm/16872/1 "2014-11-25T09:11:46Z")

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I think I may have uncovered a bug in the template module. Whatever I do, I can’t remove inserted quotes for a dest path which are inserted by Ansible.  
The same combination DOES work for other modules.

I have tried using the join filter but this produces the same results!

Below is the relevant debug info:

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stephen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-strange-bug-in-the-template-module-when-combining-two-variables-can-someone-confirm/16872/2 "2014-11-25T09:16:01Z")

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The version of ansible used:

stan@briar:~/ansible$ ansible --version  
ansible 1.7.2