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NAME
       raw - Executes a low-down and dirty SSH command

DESCRIPTION
       Executes a low-down and dirty SSH command, not going through the module
       subsystem. This is useful and should only be done in two cases. The
       first case is installing python-simplejson on older (Python 2.4 and
       before) hosts that need it as a dependency to run modules, since nearly
       all core modules require it. Another is speaking to any devices such as
       routers that do not have any Python installed. In any other case, using
       the shell or command module is much more appropriate. Arguments given
       to raw are run directly through the configured remote shell and only
       output is returned. There is no error detection or change handler
       support for this module

EXAMPLES
       Example from /usr/bin/ansible to bootstrap a legacy python 2.4 host

       ansible newhost.example.com -m raw -a "yum -y install python-simplejson"

AUTHOR
       Michael DeHaan

SEE ALSO
       ansible(1), http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#raw



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