diff --git a/awx/plugins/library/scan_files.py b/awx/plugins/library/scan_files.py
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+++ b/awx/plugins/library/scan_files.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import stat
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import * # noqa
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(path=dict(required=True),
+                             get_checksum=dict(required=False, default='no', type='bool')))
+    files = []
+    path = module.params.get('path')
+    path = os.path.expanduser(path)
+    if not os.path.exists(path) or not os.path.isdir(path):
+        module.fail_json(msg = "Given path must exist and be a directory")
+
+    get_checksum = module.params.get('get_checksum')
+    for filepath in [os.path.join(w_path, f) for w_path, w_names, w_file in os.walk(path) for f in w_file]:
+        try:
+            st = os.stat(filepath)
+        except OSError, e:
+            continue
+
+        mode = st.st_mode
+        d = {
+            'path'     : filepath,
+            'mode'     : "%04o" % stat.S_IMODE(mode),
+            'isdir'    : stat.S_ISDIR(mode),
+            'ischr'    : stat.S_ISCHR(mode),
+            'isblk'    : stat.S_ISBLK(mode),
+            'isreg'    : stat.S_ISREG(mode),
+            'isfifo'   : stat.S_ISFIFO(mode),
+            'islnk'    : stat.S_ISLNK(mode),
+            'issock'   : stat.S_ISSOCK(mode),
+            'uid'      : st.st_uid,
+            'gid'      : st.st_gid,
+            'size'     : st.st_size,
+            'inode'    : st.st_ino,
+            'dev'      : st.st_dev,
+            'nlink'    : st.st_nlink,
+            'atime'    : st.st_atime,
+            'mtime'    : st.st_mtime,
+            'ctime'    : st.st_ctime,
+            'wusr'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IWUSR),
+            'rusr'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IRUSR),
+            'xusr'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IXUSR),
+            'wgrp'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IWGRP),
+            'rgrp'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IRGRP),
+            'xgrp'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IXGRP),
+            'woth'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IWOTH),
+            'roth'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IROTH),
+            'xoth'     : bool(mode & stat.S_IXOTH),
+            'isuid'    : bool(mode & stat.S_ISUID),
+            'isgid'    : bool(mode & stat.S_ISGID),
+        }
+        if get_checksum and stat.S_ISREG(mode) and os.access(filepath, os.R_OK):
+            d['checksum'] = module.sha1(filepath)
+        files.append(d)
+    results = dict(ansible_facts=dict(files=files))
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+main()