Playbook #5489
Ad-Hoc: shell: sed -i '.bak' '/^export PAGER=most$/d' /etc/profile
Execution
Date 20 Apr 2026 17:46:09 +0100
Duration 00:00:29.34
Controller ssh-gw-4.layershift.com
User root
Versions
Ansible 2.16.13
ara 1.7.5 / 1.7.5
Python 3.10.10
Summary
26 Hosts
1 Tasks
26 Results
1 Plays
1 Files
0 Records
remote_user:root check:False

Task result details


Field Value
changed 
True
cmd 
sed -i '.bak' '/^export PAGER=most$/d' /etc/profile
delta 
0:00:00.006054
end 
2026-04-20 17:46:10.403283
invocation 
{
    "module_args": {
        "_raw_params": "sed -i '.bak' '/^export PAGER=most$/d' /etc/profile",
        "_uses_shell": true,
        "argv": null,
        "chdir": null,
        "creates": null,
        "executable": null,
        "expand_argument_vars": true,
        "removes": null,
        "stdin": null,
        "stdin_add_newline": true,
        "strip_empty_ends": true
    }
}
msg 
non-zero return code
rc 
1
start 
2026-04-20 17:46:10.397229
stderr 
sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: `.'
stderr_lines 
[
    "sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: `.'"
]
stdout
stdout_lines 
[]