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usage: ansible [-h] [--version] [-v] [-b] [--become-method BECOME_METHOD]
            [--become-user BECOME_USER]
            [-K | --become-password-file BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE]
            [-i INVENTORY] [--list-hosts] [-l SUBSET] [-P POLL_INTERVAL]
            [-B SECONDS] [-o] [-t TREE] [--private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE]
            [-u REMOTE_USER] [-c CONNECTION] [-T TIMEOUT]
            [--ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS]
            [--sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS]
            [--scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS]
            [--ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS]
            [-k | --connection-password-file CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE] [-C]
            [-D] [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS]
            [-J | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES] [-f FORKS]
            [-M MODULE_PATH] [--playbook-dir BASEDIR]
            [--task-timeout TASK_TIMEOUT] [-a MODULE_ARGS] [-m MODULE_NAME]
            pattern


Example 1 :

ansible -i myinventoryfile all -m shell -a "uname -a;uptime" -b

-i => inventory file (myinventoryfile)
all => all hosts in the inventory file
-m => what follows is the module i.e. shell
-a => argument to pass for the module i.e. the commands to run in the shell module
-b => become super user



ansible-config

ansible-console

ansible-doc

ansible-galaxy

ansible-inventory

ansible-playbook

ansible-pull

ansible-vault

References

[1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/command_guide/index.html