#!/usr/bin/env bash set -eux # this should succeed since we override the undefined variable ansible-playbook undefined.yml -i inventory -v "$@" -e '{"mytest": False}' # this should still work, just show that var is undefined in debug ansible-playbook undefined.yml -i inventory -v "$@" # this should work since we dont use the variable ansible-playbook undall.yml -i inventory -v "$@"