# How to get the command line parameters in yaml

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-the-command-line-parameters-in-yaml/21060>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 4, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-the-command-line-parameters-in-yaml/21060 "2016-04-04T16:00:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-the-command-line-parameters-in-yaml/21060/1 "2016-04-04T16:00:49Z")

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I need to be able to find out what parameters are entered when running an ansible playbook and do testing. e.g. command:  
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml -l eastCoastHosts

Since the subhost can be specify in Jenkins job, I need to know if the -l parameter is entered in the command.