ansible.cfg

[defaults]
stdout_callback = minimal

playbook.yml

#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook -vvv

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars: {foo: echo THIS IS MY TEST | hexdump -C}
  tasks:
  - shell: {{ foo }}

stdout.txt

ansible-playbook 2.6.0 (devel ac169f5ffd) last updated 2018/02/16 09:37:00 (GMT -700)
  config file = /Users/ingy/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/Users/ingy/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /Users/ingy/ansible/lib/ansible
  executable location = /Users/ingy/ansible/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 2.7.13 (default, Dec 18 2016, 07:03:39) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)]
Using /Users/ingy/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
1 plays in playbook.yml
META: ran handlers
Using module file /Users/ingy/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: ingy
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022="` echo /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022 `" ) && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> PUT /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-44780R4AN17/tmpl43Uvl TO /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022/command.py
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022/ /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022/command.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7 /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022/command.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /Users/ingy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1518813138.9-13885570533022/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
localhost | SUCCESS | rc=0 >>
00000000  54 48 49 53 20 49 53 20  4d 59 20 54 45 53 54 0a  |THIS IS MY TEST.|
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META: ran handlers
META: ran handlers