# With ansible CLI can I output standard out?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273 "2015-09-15T23:03:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vicki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Vicki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vicki)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273/1 "2015-09-15T23:03:46Z")

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I tried the --verbose option, but the same standard out that I can see when executing ansible-playbook is not there. Please advise.

Thank you!  
Vicki

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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 18, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273/2 "2015-09-18T12:20:44Z")

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can you be more specific? give an example of what you are running and  
trying to get.

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**Author:** ![Vicki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Vicki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vicki)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273/3 "2015-09-18T23:56:51Z")

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Hi Brian,  
I am just talking about a standard output you get in the console when you run ansible playbook. Here’s the sample command:

ansible-playbook -i myinventory.yml my\_playbook.yml

and the sample output:

GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

ok: [service]

TASK: [./…/…/comp-service | do something (service servers OOS on LB) if ENV is production] \*\*\*

skipping: [service]

TASK: [./…/…/comp-service | debug msg=" do something {{ LOADBALANCER\_IP }} (service servers OOS on LB)"] \*\*\*

skipping: [service]

TASK: [./…/…/comp-service | do something (service servers OOS on LB) if ENV is not production] \*\*\*

skipping: [service]

Now, this is available through running ansible-playbook command. But when running tower-cli - just like this - “tower-cli job launch --job-template JobTemplate --monitor --verbose --extra-vars extravars.yml” the standard out is not there.

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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 19, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273/4 "2015-09-19T00:14:36Z")

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