advanced_host_list – Parses a ‘host list’ with ranges¶

New in version 2.4.

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Synopsis ¶

Parses a host list string as a comma separated values of hosts and supports host ranges.
This plugin only applies to inventory sources that are not paths and contain at least one comma.

Examples ¶

# simple range
# ansible -i 'host[1:10],' -m ping

# still supports w/o ranges also
# ansible-playbook -i 'localhost,' play.yml

Status ¶

This inventory is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This inventory is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

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