# How can I debug my inventory? I need something like: ansible-playbook -i staging/ --list-vars

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-debug-my-inventory-i-need-something-like-ansible-playbook-i-staging-list-vars/22911>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 28, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-debug-my-inventory-i-need-something-like-ansible-playbook-i-staging-list-vars/22911 "2016-10-28T09:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephane\_Klein1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Stephane\_Klein1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephane_Klein1)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-debug-my-inventory-i-need-something-like-ansible-playbook-i-staging-list-vars/22911/1 "2016-10-28T09:15:17Z")

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Hi,

I try to refactor my inventory files, how can I test / debug / check my inventory?

I need something like: ansible-playbook -i staging/ --list-vars

Best regards,  
Stéphane

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-debug-my-inventory-i-need-something-like-ansible-playbook-i-staging-list-vars/22911/2 "2016-10-28T14:22:52Z")

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Maybe "ansible -i staging/ -m debug -a var=vars"

In var= you can use vars, hostvars, groups, group\_names and environment to get different information.