--limit [exclusive:inclusive] not working as expected

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I have the following hosts defined:

[router]
rr01
rr[03:99]
rr[100:114]

I then execute a command that contains “–limit router[39:49]”. Hosts rr41 through rr51 have the command executed on them. I’m expecting the command to be executed on hosts rr41 through rr50. Why does the command execute on host rr51?

Thanks.

2

It's start on 0 not 1
router[0] = rr01

3

Is it [inclusive:inclusive], or is it [exclusive:inclusive]? I seem to recall the first parameter was exclusive. Maybe that was when [exclusive,inclusive] was supported?

If I have:

[router]
rr[01:99]

How do I deploy to hosts rr39 through rr49?

4

It's inclusive:inclusive.
Since it start with 0 rr39 is 38 and rr49 is 48 so -l router[38:48]

5

Thanks. I asked another question about what appears to be a bug in the doc.