ad-hoc versus playbook: the copy module

The Ansible copy module can be used in ad hoc mode to quickly run a copy job:

ansible servers -m copy --args="src=./file1.txt dest=~/file1.txt"

The output of this command should look as follows:

Alternatively, this can be used in a playbook with various options for a personalized result:

---
- name: copy a file to hosts
  hosts: servers
  become: true
  fast_gathering: false
  tasks:
    - name: copy a file to the home directory of a user
      copy:
         src: ./file1.txt
         dest: ~/file1.txt
         owner: setup
         mode: 0766