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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $1 = "help" ]; then
+  cat << EOH
+-- Ad-hoc help --
+
+This command is designed as a helper for running ad-hoc ansible commands.
+
+It takes 2 arguments;
+1. The host pattern match, and
+2. The module followed by the command to run with that module.
+
+-- Examples --
+
+\$ bin/adhoc.sh all ping
+# will run ping on 'all' hosts
+
+\$ bin/adhoc.sh glados shell "cmd='echo hello world'"
+# will run the shell module on the 'glados' host
+EOH
+exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
+  ansible -i hosts $1 -m $2
+  exit 0
+else
+  ansible -i hosts $1 -m $2 -a "${@:3}"
+  exit 0
+fi