# Output Failed even if command gets executed successfully **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 6, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644 "2017-02-06T08:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DHAVAL_JAISWAL)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644/1 "2017-02-06T08:27:52Z")
How to ignore failed command or in case the result set has no output. I need the output should be success if it won’t find anything relevant mentioned in the condition. /usr/bin/ansible node1 -a “grep ‘value1’ /tmp/test.log” Actually there in no value1 exists in test.log. However, i am getting following output. node1 | FAILED | rc=1 \>\> However, the command ran successfully. Moreover, When i am changing it to the /usr/bin/ansible node1 -a “grep ‘value1’ /tmp/test.log” -a “ignore\_errors= yes” output is: node1 | FAILED | rc=2 \>\> [Errno 2] No such file or directory While going through some forum found the following are the codes for it. However, is there any way i can get success in the the result set instead of FAIL. ```auto 0 One or more processes were matched. 1 No processes were matched. 2 Invalid options were specified on the command line. 3 An internal error occurred. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644/2 "2017-02-06T08:33:19Z")
> How to ignore failed command or in case the result set has no output. I > need the output should be success if it won't find anything relevant > mentioned in the condition. failed\_when is your friend. [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_error\_handling.html#controlling-what-defines-failure](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_error_handling.html#controlling-what-defines-failure) > node1 | FAILED | rc=1 \>\> That is because grep returns that error. > /usr/bin/ansible node1 -a "grep 'value1' /tmp/test.log" -a > "ignore\_errors= yes" Make that an -e instead of an -a and try again. But I am not sure if this is only valid in playbooks or if it can be used with ansible ad-hoc commands. > node1 | FAILED | rc=2 \>\> > [Errno 2] No such file or directory This is because you made the command look like this: grep 'value1 ignore\_errors= yes Johannes ---
**Author:** ![DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DHAVAL_JAISWAL)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644/3 "2017-02-06T09:21:54Z")
Tried -e its giving the same output as with the -a Any example how to use failed\_when in ad-hoc command. e.g i was trying below. How can i use failed\_when here. /usr/bin/ansible node1 -a “grep ‘value1’ /tmp/test.log” ---
**Author:** ![DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DHAVAL_JAISWAL)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644/4 "2017-02-09T18:36:53Z")
I want to use the failed\_when in following ad-hoc command to ignore the error. Is there any other alternative can be handle in ad hoc command. /usr/bin/ansible node1 -a “grep ‘value1’ /tmp/test.log” ---
**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644/5 "2017-02-09T18:42:26Z")
As nobody came up with a solution, I would assume that failed\_when is only applicable to tasks, not to ad-hoc commands. Workaround: Use the shell module and make your command exit with an error != 1: /usr/bin/ansible node1 -m shell -a "grep 'value1' /tmp/test.log || exit 0" Johannes ---
**Author:** ![DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DHAVAL_JAISWAL)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/output-failed-even-if-command-gets-executed-successfully/23644/6 "2017-02-10T16:30:51Z")
It works !!