# How to run a specific script of a role in playbook?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-a-specific-script-of-a-role-in-playbook/20460>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 5, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-a-specific-script-of-a-role-in-playbook/20460 "2016-02-05T06:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![hce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@hce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hce)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-a-specific-script-of-a-role-in-playbook/20460/1 "2016-02-05T06:52:19Z")

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Hi,

How could I run just a specified script rather than the whole role? Appreciate your advice.

- hosts: ‘\*’  
roles:
- { role: installation\_role/common.yml }

Thank you.

Kind regards,

- j

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**Author:** ![alexey.vazhnov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@alexey.vazhnov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alexey.vazhnov)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-a-specific-script-of-a-role-in-playbook/20460/2 "2016-02-05T08:56:10Z")

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Did you try to google it?  
For example: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23945201/how-to-run-only-one-task-in-ansible-playbook](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23945201/how-to-run-only-one-task-in-ansible-playbook)