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    (because otherwise Ansible would interpret it as a name of inventory file, not a hosts' list) for example:

    ```bash
    ansible-playbook -i myhost, -a 'uname -a'
    ansible-playbook -i myhost, all -a 'uname -a'
    ```
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    In case you want to run `ansible` (or `ansible-playbook`) command against a set of hosts that makes sense only for one run,
    you can don't bother to create one-time inventory file, but define a comma-separated list of hosts as argument of `--invertory` option
    (or its short form that's simply `-i`) as follows:
    you can don't bother to create one-time inventory file, but simply define a comma-separated list of hosts as argument of `--invertory` option (or its short form that's simply `-i`) as follows:

    ```bash
    ansible --inventory=myhost1,myhost2,myhost3 all -m setup -a 'filter=*name*'
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    In case you want to run `ansible` (or `ansible-playbook`) command against a set of hosts that makes sense only for one run,
    you can don't bother to create one-time inventory file, but define a comma-separated list of hosts as argument of `--invertory` option
    (or its short form that's simply `-i`) as follows:

    ```bash
    ansible --inventory=myhost1,myhost2,myhost3 all -m setup -a 'filter=*name*'
    ```

    (note that `all` in this command line stands for the target hostname)

    If you have only one host to run your playbook against, your inventory string must ends with `,`
    (because otherwise Ansible would interpret it as a name of inventory file, not a hosts' list) for example:

    ```bash
    ansible-playbook -i myhost, -a 'uname -a'
    ```