# ansible\_distribution\_major\_version on the CLI **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 1, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-distribution-major-version-on-the-cli/20411 "2016-02-01T22:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reece\_Webb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reece\_Webb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reece_Webb)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-distribution-major-version-on-the-cli/20411/1 "2016-02-01T22:57:49Z")
Greets, Hopefully this is a ridiculously simple question… I’m trying to put together a one-liner (# ansible all -m copy…) that will copy a file to a linux host only if the OS is a specific version… RHEL7, for example, skipping any RHEL5. “ansible\_distribution\_major\_version” seems to be the fact I’m interested in, but how do I use it outside of a playbook? Thanks, Reece ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-distribution-major-version-on-the-cli/20411/2 "2016-02-01T23:00:56Z")
Your problem here is that the adhoc command only runs a single task, so you cannot run 'setup' (what runs when you gather\_facts) to get the info you need, also adhoc tasks do not have a way to add a when: condition. You need a playbook. ---
**Author:** ![Reece\_Webb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reece\_Webb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reece_Webb)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-distribution-major-version-on-the-cli/20411/3 "2016-02-02T15:24:35Z")
Well that's annoying. Thanks for the explanation. Reece