# How do I run ansible command on non-win/lin host ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 5, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-run-ansible-command-on-non-win-lin-host/17680 "2015-03-05T16:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irek\_Romaniuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Irek\_Romaniuk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Irek_Romaniuk)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-run-ansible-command-on-non-win-lin-host/17680/1 "2015-03-05T16:28:42Z")
How do I run command without playbook on non-win/lin host ? > [irekr@nms02 ansible]$ ansible cp11 -i hosts -c local -a “show software-version” > Irek-11 | FAILED | rc=2 \>\> > [Errno 2] No such file or directory see below my hosts file > [irekr@nms02 ansible]$ cat hosts > [local] > localhost > [cp11] > Irek-11 ansible\_ssh\_host=10.199.107.1 ansible\_ssh\_user=admin and how do I run this command from ssh ---
**Author:** ![vaida.dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@vaida.dan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vaida.dan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-run-ansible-command-on-non-win-lin-host/17680/2 "2015-03-07T16:37:15Z")
It depends on the SSH implementation on such devices. This is a fairly common situation with network devices, etc. which most of the times come with a minimalistic SSH. I remembered a thread that was quite good at detailing some gotchas in these use cases of Ansible. I am linking to Mark’s reply: [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/tty/ansible-project/GEwuvE5GmpM/WQyIFWkjn0QJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/tty/ansible-project/GEwuvE5GmpM/WQyIFWkjn0QJ) but I advise you to closely read all the thread. I believe I saw another 2-3 such threads on the mailing list. Hope this helps, Dan.