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Brian Coca 8 years ago committed by Brian Coca
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NAME NAME
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ansible-doc - show documentation on Ansible modules ansible-doc - show documentation on Ansible plugins
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS
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ansible-doc [-M module_path] [-l] [-s] [module...] ansible-doc [-M plugin_path] [-l] [-s] [-t <type>] [plugin...]
DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
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*ansible-doc* displays information on modules installed in Ansible *ansible-doc* displays information on modules installed in Ansible
libraries. It displays a terse listing of modules and their short libraries. It displays a terse listing of plugins and their short
descriptions, provides a printout of their DOCUMENTATION strings, descriptions, provides a printout of their DOCUMENTATION strings,
and it can create a short "snippet" which can be pasted into a and it can create a short "snippet" which can be pasted into a
playbook. playbook.
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OPTIONS OPTIONS
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*-M* 'DIRECTORY', *--module-path=*'DIRECTORY':: *-M* 'DIRECTORY', *--plugin-path=*'DIRECTORY'::
the 'DIRECTORY' search path to load modules from. The default is The 'DIRECTORY' search path to load plugins from.
'/usr/share/ansible'. This can also be set with the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY If not specified Ansbile uses it's normal search path and configuration.
environment variable.
*-s*, *--snippet=*:: *-s*, *--snippet=*::
Produce a snippet which can be copied into a playbook for modification, like Produce a snippet which can be copied into a playbook for modification, like a kind of task template.
a kind of task template.
*-l*, *--list=*:: *-l*, *--list=*::
Produce a terse listing of modules and a short description of each. Produce a terse listing of plugins and a short description of each.
*-t*, *--type=*::
Specify the type of plugin to target, default is 'module'.
Other choices are 'cache', 'callback', 'connection', 'lookup' and 'strategy'.
ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
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ANSIBLE_LIBRARY -- Override the default ansible module library path ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Configuration file to use
ANSIBLE_LIBRARY -- Override the default ansible module library path
ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGINS -- Override the default ansible cache plugin path
ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS -- Override the default ansible callback plugin path
ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PLUGINS -- Override the default ansible connection plugin path
ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_PLUGINS -- Override the default ansible lookup plugin path
ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS -- Override the default ansible strategy plugin path
FILES FILES
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/usr/share/ansible/ -- Default module library
/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present
~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present ~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present
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AUTHOR AUTHOR
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ansible-doc was originally written by Jan-Piet Mens. See the AUTHORS file ansible-doc was originally written by Jan-Piet Mens. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors.
for a complete list of contributors.
COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT

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