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root@m1:~# salt-call state.single pkg.installed python-pip
[INFO    ] Loading fresh modules for state activity
[INFO    ] Executing command 'npm --version' in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] Running state [python-pip] at time 23:03:49.011201
[INFO    ] Executing state pkg.installed for python-pip
[INFO    ] Executing command ['dpkg-query', '--showformat', '${Status} ${Package} ${Version} ${Architecture}\n', '-W'] in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] Package python-pip is already installed.
[INFO    ] Completed state [python-pip] at time 23:03:49.217815
local:
  Name: python-pip - Function: pkg.installed - Result: Clean

Summary
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Succeeded: 1
Failed:    0
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Total states run:     1