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.\" Title: ansible-doc
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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.\" Date: 02/01/2013
.\" Manual: System administration commands
.\" Source: Ansible 1.1
.\" Language: English
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.TH "ANSIBLE\-DOC" "1" "02/01/2013" "Ansible 1\&.1" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ansible-doc \- show documentation on Ansible modules
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ansible\-doc [\-M module_path] [\-l] [\-s] [module\&...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBansible\-doc\fR displays information on modules installed in Ansible libraries\&. It displays a terse listing of modules and their short descriptions, provides a printout of their DOCUMENTATION strings, and it can create a short "snippet" which can be pasted into a playbook\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-M\fR \fIdirectory\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIdirectory\fR
.RS 4
Add an additional directory to the default path for finding module libraries\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-snippet=\fR
.RS 4
Produce a snippet which can be copied into a playbook for modification, like a kind of task template\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list=\fR
.RS 4
Produce a terse listing of modules and a short description of each\&.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
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ansible\-doc was originally written by Jan\-Piet Mens\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2012, Jan\-Piet Mens
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Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBansible\-playbook\fR(1), \fBansible\fR(1)
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Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: https://ansible\&.github\&.com/