# How to normalize Absible output?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-normalize-absible-output/20283>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 19, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-normalize-absible-output/20283 "2016-01-19T20:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![zbernie123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e0b2c6/32.png) [@zbernie123](https://forum.ansible.com/u/zbernie123)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-normalize-absible-output/20283/1 "2016-01-19T20:22:30Z")

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I have a playbook entry which is performing an rpm command on a remote host:

- hosts: testgroup  
gather\_facts: no  
remote\_user: bartonbf  
tasks:
- name: List SIS packages  
shell: /bin/rpm -qa --queryformat ‘%-50{NAME} %{VENDOR}\n’ | sort -d -f

The problem is the output stair steps, and looks like this:

[![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SgjszmBGdm8/Vp6aZATukzI/AAAAAAAAIi8/x14O-MTeFIU/s400/Untitled.png)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SgjszmBGdm8/Vp6aZATukzI/AAAAAAAAIi8/x14O-MTeFIU/s1600/Untitled.png)

I’ve been researching how to normalize the output so it’s human readable, and found it was a known issue back in 2014. Is it still an issue?