host_nul.log

fred@fred-Virtual-Machine:~/task/test$ ansible-playbook  -i ./hosts test.yml -vvvv
ansible-playbook 2.9.1
  config file = None
    configured module search path = [u'/home/fred/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
      ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
        executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook
          python version = 2.7.12 (default, Oct  8 2019, 14:14:10) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]
          No config file found; using defaults
          setting up inventory plugins
          host_list declined parsing /home/fred/task/test/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
          script declined parsing /home/fred/task/test/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
          auto declined parsing /home/fred/task/test/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
          Parsed /home/fred/task/test/hosts inventory source with ini plugin
          [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that
          the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

          Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.pyc

          PLAYBOOK: test.yml *************************************************************
          Positional arguments: test.yml
          become_method: sudo
          inventory: (u'/home/fred/task/test/hosts',)
          forks: 5
          tags: (u'all',)
          verbosity: 4
          connection: smart
          timeout: 10
          1 plays in test.yml

          PLAY [Run whoami] **************************************************************
          skipping: no hosts matched

          PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************