ansible-pretty-print

CLI tool that pretty-prints an output of ansible-playbook --list-tasks command.

Install

go install github.com/keewek/ansible-pretty-print@latest

or download app executable at Releases page

Usage

Usage: ansible-pretty-print [OPTION]... [FILE]
Pretty-print Ansible's --list-tasks output

  -chop
        chop long lines
  -dos
        DOS box-drawing characters
  -indent
        indent block/role
  -mono
        calculate string width as monospace width
  -stats
        print stats
  -stdin
        read standard input
  -table
        table output
  -version
        output version information
  -width int
        custom line width

• File

  ansible-pretty-print path/to/ansible--list-tasks-output

• Stdin

  ansible-playbook --list-tasks path/to/playbook -i path/to/inventory | ansible-pretty-print --stdin

• BASH function

  lt-ansible-playbook() {
      ansible-playbook --list-tasks "$@" | ansible-pretty-print --stdin --chop
  }
  
  ltt-ansible-playbook() {
      ansible-playbook --list-tasks "$@" | ansible-pretty-print --stdin --dos --table
  }

  Columns output:

  lt-ansible-playbook path/to/playbook -i path/to/inventory

  Table output:

  ltt-ansible-playbook path/to/playbook -i path/to/inventory

Features

• Default output

  

• Flag --indent: indent block/role

  

• Flag --chop: chop long lines

  

  Use --width flag to specify custom width

• Flag --table: table output

  

  Use --width flag to specify custom width

  

• Flag --dos: DOS box-drawing characters

  

• Flag --mono: calculate string width as monospace width

  Use with East-Asian content