tldr/pages/common/ansible-inventory.md

# ansible-inventory

> Display or dump an Ansible inventory.
> See also: `ansible`.
> More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-inventory.html>.

- Display the default inventory:

`ansible-inventory --list`

- Display a custom inventory:

`ansible-inventory --list {{[-i|--inventory-file]}} {{path/to/file_or_script_or_directory}}`

- Display the default inventory in YAML:

`ansible-inventory --list {{[-y|--yaml]}}`

- Dump the default inventory to a file:

`ansible-inventory --list --output {{path/to/file}}`