diff --git a/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.transformed.yml b/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.transformed.yml
index 7cc5f0ad77..e947c345af 100644
--- a/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.transformed.yml
+++ b/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.transformed.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
         cmd: touch foo
       changed_when: false
 
+    - name: Create a placefolder file
+      ansible.builtin.command: # <-- command can also go first
+        chdir: /tmp
+        cmd: touch bar
+      changed_when: false
+
     - name: Use raw to echo
       ansible.builtin.raw: echo foo # <-- don't use executable=
       args:
diff --git a/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.yml b/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.yml
index b651609dd2..c57da0ce3e 100644
--- a/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.yml
+++ b/examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
       ansible.builtin.command: chdir=/tmp touch foo # <-- don't use shorthand
       changed_when: false
 
+    - name: Create a placefolder file
+      ansible.builtin.command: touch bar chdir=/tmp # <-- command can also go first
+      changed_when: false
+
     - name: Use raw to echo
       ansible.builtin.raw: executable=/bin/bash echo foo # <-- don't use executable=
       changed_when: false
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/no_free_form.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/no_free_form.py
index a0322d9bba..13489efa3d 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/no_free_form.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/no_free_form.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def matchtask(
                 "win_command",
                 "win_shell",
             ):
-                if self.cmd_shell_re.match(action_value):
+                if self.cmd_shell_re.search(action_value):
                     fail = True
             else:
                 fail = True
diff --git a/test/test_transformer.py b/test/test_transformer.py
index 6d11d0a7f1..51e97d5f4a 100644
--- a/test/test_transformer.py
+++ b/test/test_transformer.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def fixture_runner_result(
         ),
         pytest.param(
             "examples/playbooks/transform-no-free-form.yml",
-            4,
+            5,
             True,
             True,
             id="no_free_form_transform",