# Need help

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/25807>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 24, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/25807 "2017-10-24T07:39:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KrishnaKumar\_Vinayag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@KrishnaKumar\_Vinayag](https://forum.ansible.com/u/KrishnaKumar_Vinayag)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/25807/1 "2017-10-24T07:39:46Z")

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Hi All,

1. I want to list or view only changed task in ansible after ran playbook. is it any cmd available?

ex:

Play Recap:  
duba-scs-appa01. ok=25 changed=4 ( I want to list only what are all the changes made in this server ) any cmds?

1. What is the use of --retry file?

2. How to continue execution of failed task after fixing the error ?

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/25807/2 "2017-10-24T15:18:47Z")

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> 1. I want to list or view only changed task in ansible after ran playbook.  
> is it any cmd available?
> 
> ex:  
> Play Recap:  
> duba-scs-appa01. ok=25 changed=4 ( I want to list only what are all  
> the changes made in this server ) any cmds?

This is controlled by the callback plugin, you can check out the included ones here  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/plugins/callback.html#plugin-list](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/plugins/callback.html#plugin-list)

If no own is up to the task you would need to write your one.

> 2. What is the use of --retry file?

retry file contains all host the failed in the last playbook run.  
If you run ansible-playbook with this retry file, the plays will only run on those host.

> 3. How to continue execution of failed task after fixing the error ?

The whole playbook fails and stop executing task on the host.  
You could just rerun the playbook on the host(s) or look at "start at task"  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks\_startnstep.html#start-at-task](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_startnstep.html#start-at-task)

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**Author:** ![KrishnaKumar\_Vinayag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@KrishnaKumar\_Vinayag](https://forum.ansible.com/u/KrishnaKumar_Vinayag)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/25807/3 "2017-10-24T18:10:00Z")

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Hi Kai,

Thanks you so much for your reply. It would be helpful for my further learning.