# ansible simplified logfile?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-simplified-logfile/16845>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 21, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-simplified-logfile/16845 "2014-11-21T16:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pablo\_Escobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pablo\_Escobar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pablo_Escobar)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-simplified-logfile/16845/1 "2014-11-21T16:02:23Z")

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Hi

I would like to get an ansible simplied log file in the ansible master machine with this format and no further details.

DATE | HOST | PATH TO APPLIED PLAYBOOK

Ideally I would like to keep another copy of the same log file in the client machine where the playbook is executed.

I think the right approach would be to use a callback like this [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/plugins/callbacks/log\_plays.py](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/plugins/callbacks/log_plays.py) but that example gives too verbose output for my needs.

Is there any published callback doing this simplified logging? or could anyone point me to the right documentation to be able to modify log\_plays.py callback example to fit my needs?

thanks in advance for your help  
Pablo.