# diff\_against for ios\_config for not working with --diff mode

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/diff-against-for-ios-config-for-not-working-with-diff-mode/33939>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/diff-against-for-ios-config-for-not-working-with-diff-mode/33939 "2020-10-01T10:41:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Venu\_Devannagari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@Venu\_Devannagari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Venu_Devannagari)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/diff-against-for-ios-config-for-not-working-with-diff-mode/33939/1 "2020-10-01T10:41:49Z")

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I am trying to use diff\_against to show the before and after changes with --diiff but it is not working

can some was worked already on it can you please help here.

Ansible version:-2.9.10

playbook:-
