# running a raw command? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [August 2, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754 "2012-08-02T20:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@James8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James8)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/1 "2012-08-02T20:49:01Z")
Hi, I'm running a raw command as in the document and I just get the ansible usages options. I tried these various commands. Is there any useful output to post here? I also tried command with a straight host name. sheepchase:library jmarcus$ ansible --version ansible 0.6 ansible cl400 raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" -u jmarcus -K -f 1 ansible cl400 raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" -u jmarcus -K -f 1 -v ansible CL400 raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" -u jmarcus -K -f 1 -v ansible cl400 raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" Thanks, James ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/2 "2012-08-02T21:02:32Z")
raw command should show output, I'll look into it later on tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/3 "2012-08-02T21:03:29Z")
[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/775](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/775) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/4 "2012-08-03T00:41:29Z")
The problem was you forgot the "-m" in front of the RAW module, so it was running the default module, which is command. This gives me a usage error on my development build, though it might not in older ansible versions. Anyway, try "-m raw" ---
**Author:** ![James8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@James8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James8)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/5 "2012-08-03T14:11:06Z")
Hi, I was able to run: ansible CL400 -m raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" -u jmarcus -K I found the command without the -m on this page: [http://ansible.github.com/modules.html](http://ansible.github.com/modules.html) The first time a ran it, it command hung and I'm not if it was a bad password or something else: Not sure if this output is helpful: cl404.test.net | success | rc=0 \>\> Sorry, try again. [sudo via ansible, key=glktgjrppzslvvgkgskoclplmnsqnenn] password: sudo: 1 incorrect password attempt cl402.test.net | success | rc=0 \>\> When I ran it again, it worked. But I have another question per the documentation where I got the raw command. It says: ansible newhost.example.com raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" So on another host I tried ansible IPAddr -m raw -a "yum install python-simplejson" and it failed, is there a switch for just running on one host? Thanks, James ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/6 "2012-08-03T14:14:55Z")
If you feed things a bad sudo password the sudo code can hang. Not really anything we can do about that. Typo in docs needs to be fixed. > Hi, > > But I have another question per the documentation where I got the raw > command. It says: > ansible [newhost.example.com](http://newhost.example.com) raw -a “yum install python-simplejson” > > So on another host I tried ansible IPAddr -m raw -a “yum install > python-simplejson” and it failed, is there a switch for just running > on one host? Failed is confusing. Failed how? What sort of message did you get? It is likely that your hostname or IP isn’t in your inventory file. ---
**Author:** ![James8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@James8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James8)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/7 "2012-08-03T14:18:31Z")
Yes the host wasn't in the hosts file and it returned with that message. I thought you might be able to run it without it being in the hosts file. sorry for not more adding more detail there. Thanks, James ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754/8 "2012-08-03T14:21:39Z")
> Yes the host wasn't in the hosts file and it returned with that > message. I thought you might be able to run it without it being in > the hosts file. You can. Do -i "192.168.10.15," # the comma is very important even if you specify only one host. Need to work on the syntax of this, as it's a little weird, but hey, it's there.