# Long Running Commands

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/long-running-commands/11531>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 11, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/long-running-commands/11531 "2012-05-11T10:54:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Art\_Zemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Art\_Zemon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Art_Zemon)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/long-running-commands/11531/1 "2012-05-11T10:54:16Z")

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Hello,

I tried installing Plesk with the command module in a playbook and it hung; no error and no return. The command ran for about 9 minutes and produced about 300KB of output. Ideas?

I am going to try again using the shell module with “2\>&1 \> /tmp/something” and adding  
async: 1200  
poll: 5

Do those seem like reasonable workarounds? Other ideas?

Thanks,  
– Art Z.