--- - hosts: default gather_facts: no tasks: - raw: touch /root/ansible-raw-test - raw: date - command: echo "the command module" - command: mkdir /tmp/remote-dir args: creates: /tmp/remote-dir - copy: src=dir/file.txt dest=/tmp/remote-dir/file.txt - fetch: src=/tmp/remote-dir/file.txt dest=fetched-dir validate=yes fail_on_missing=yes - copy: src=largish-file.txt dest=/tmp/largish-file.txt