# using hosts mentioned in inventory files in my tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 26, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-hosts-mentioned-in-inventory-files-in-my-tasks/32332 "2020-02-26T11:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vishal\_Bobade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@Vishal\_Bobade](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vishal_Bobade)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-hosts-mentioned-in-inventory-files-in-my-tasks/32332/1 "2020-02-26T11:19:11Z")
Hello , I have a inventory file with some 5-6 hosts and I want use them in some of my tasks/main.yml file. Could some one please suggest how can I do that . Lets say below is my inventory file ```auto [gameday] grafana.domain.net gitlab.domain.net sonarqube.domain.net artifactory.domain.net prometheus.domain.net ``` ```auto ``` ```auto ``` ```auto I want to use them in some shell script which is going to be run as a part of some tasks. ``` ```auto ``` ```auto for example below is some script where I want to replace "sonarqube.dummy.domain.net" this with the one in inventory file which is "sonarqube.domain.net" ``` ```auto ``` ```auto ``` ```auto **shell script :** ``` ```auto ``` ```auto ----------------------------------------------> ``` ```auto read -p "Enter a server name for Sonarqube : " SQ ``` ```auto if [-z "$SQ"]; then ``` ```auto echo "DNS name for sonarqube not provided, cannot proceed" ``` ```auto exit 1 ``` ```auto else ``` ```auto sed -i s/sonarqube.dummy.domain.net/$SQ/g /opt/sonarqube/*.json ``` ```auto fi ``` ```auto <--------------------------------------------- ``` ---
**Author:** ![Srinivas\_Naram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Srinivas\_Naram](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Srinivas_Naram)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-hosts-mentioned-in-inventory-files-in-my-tasks/32332/2 "2020-02-27T07:21:49Z")
try {{ inventory\_hostname }} Regards Srini