# Ansible working?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-working/18547>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 19, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-working/18547 "2015-06-19T08:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shwethashree\_Venkate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Shwethashree\_Venkate](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shwethashree_Venkate)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-working/18547/1 "2015-06-19T08:14:25Z")

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Hi All,

How does Ansible decide whether the command issued through it is successfully executed? Is rc value is the ansible response related to this?

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**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:** [June 19, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-working/18547/2 "2015-06-19T13:22:50Z")

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Depends on the module, many just use system calls and don't run  
external commands. For the command/shell ones that execute unix  
commands, yes, rc is looked at.