# adhoc command to check all installed packets and their versions

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/adhoc-command-to-check-all-installed-packets-and-their-versions/20790>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 7, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adhoc-command-to-check-all-installed-packets-and-their-versions/20790 "2016-03-07T10:31:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dimitar\_Ivanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dimitar\_Ivanov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dimitar_Ivanov)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adhoc-command-to-check-all-installed-packets-and-their-versions/20790/1 "2016-03-07T10:31:45Z")

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Hi all,  
I’m wondering how to check all installed packets and their versions in the box  
I can send  
ansible all -i /path-to-the-hosts/hosts -a “rpm -q glibc”  
but how to check all installed packets  
locally I’m using “yum list installed \> packs.txt”  
thanks in advance  
Best Regards

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adhoc-command-to-check-all-installed-packets-and-their-versions/20790/2 "2016-03-07T20:25:29Z")

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Why not use that call?

ansible -m command -a "yum list installed"

(I tested locally with -a "rpm -qa", which worked)

Johannes