ansible-inventory(1) used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it

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ANSIBLE-INVENTORY(1)			System administration commands			  ANSIBLE-INVENTORY(1)

NAME
       ansible-inventory - None

SYNOPSIS
       usage: ansible-inventory [-h] [--version] [-v] [-i INVENTORY] [-l SUBSET]
	      [--vault-id  VAULT_IDS] [--ask-vault-pass | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES] [--play‐
	      book-dir BASEDIR] [--limit LIMIT] [--list-hosts LIST_HOSTS]  [--list]  [--host  HOST]  [--graph]
	      [-y] [--toml] [--vars] [--export] [--output OUTPUT_FILE] [host|group]

DESCRIPTION
       used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it

COMMON OPTIONS
	  None

       --ask-vault-pass
	  ask for vault password

       --export
	  When doing an --list, represent in a way that is optimized for export,not as an accurate representa‐
	  tion of how Ansible has processed it

       --graph
	  create inventory graph, if supplying pattern it must be a valid group name

       --host 'HOST'
	  Output specific host info, works as inventory script

       --limit 'LIMIT'
	  None

       --list
	  Output all hosts info, works as inventory script

       --list-hosts 'LIST_HOSTS'
	  None

       --output 'OUTPUT_FILE'
	  When doing --list, send the inventory to a file instead of to the screen

       --playbook-dir 'BASEDIR'
	  Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a substitute playbook  directory.This  sets  the
	  relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc.

       --toml
	  Use TOML format instead of default JSON, ignored for --graph

       --vars
	  Add vars to graph display, ignored unless used with --graph

       --vault-id
	  the vault identity to use

       --vault-password-file
	  vault password file

       --version
	  show program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location,
	  executable location and exit

       -h, --help
	  show this help message and exit

       -i, --inventory, --inventory-file
	  specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. --inventory-file is deprecated

       -l 'SUBSET'
	  further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern

       -v, --verbose
	  verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)

       -y, --yaml
	  Use YAML format instead of default JSON, ignored for --graph

ENVIRONMENT
       The following environment variables may be specified.

       ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file

       Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

       For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the ansible-config command.

FILES
       /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present

       ~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present

       ./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific'  and
       overrides the rest if present.

       As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.

AUTHOR
       Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible.  Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 license.

SEE ALSO
       ansible	(1),  ansible-config  (1),  ansible-console  (1),  ansible-doc	(1), ansible-galaxy (1), ansi‐
       ble-playbook (1), ansible-pull (1), ansible-vault (1)

       Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site:	<https://docs.ansible.com>.   IRC  and
       mailing	  list	  info	  can	 be    found	in    file    CONTRIBUTING.md,	  available   in:   <‐
       https://github.com/ansible/ansible>

Ansible 2.9.0.dev0									  ANSIBLE-INVENTORY(1)