Ansible Quick Start Guide

The shell command module

This module is one of the handiest command modules. It not only allows you to run a command, it also runs shell scripts and allows you to specify the location for the working directory and the bash with which you want to execute the command line. By default, this module runs all its remote commands on the /bin/sh shell. The following playbook provides a good example:

    - name: run a simple shell script      shell: ./shell_script.sh >> ~/shell.txt      args:          chdir: /usr/local/          creates: ~/shell.txt          executable: /bin/csh

Shell also has several return values that are very useful.