# Simple query on usage of "\>" in tasks.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/simple-query-on-usage-of-in-tasks/19174>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [September 2, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simple-query-on-usage-of-in-tasks/19174 "2015-09-02T22:25:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![behzad.dastur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@behzad.dastur](https://forum.ansible.com/u/behzad.dastur)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simple-query-on-usage-of-in-tasks/19174/1 "2015-09-02T22:25:25Z")

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I am going through a playbook, where the tasks have the following format:

- name: Start and add that the metadata service to the init sequence (Ubuntu)

service: \>

name=ceph-mds

state=started

enabled=yes

args=“id={{ ansible\_hostname }}”

when: ansible\_distribution == “Ubuntu”

I didn’t get the “\>” on the line “service: \>”. I have never used it that way and was curious what it does.

regards,

Behzad

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simple-query-on-usage-of-in-tasks/19174/2 "2015-09-02T23:37:12Z")

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it is a YAMLism, allows for multiline content, you may have also seen