KNIFE-SHOW(1)

NAME
knife-show - The man page for the knife show subcommand.

The knife show subcommand is used to view the details of one (or more) objects on the Chef server. This subcommand works similar to knife cookbook show, knife data bag show, knife environment show, knife node show, and knife role show, but with a single verb (and a single action).

Syntax

This subcommand has the following syntax:

$ knife show [PATTERN...] (options)

Options

This subcommand has the following options:

-a ATTR, --attribute ATTR
    The attribute (or attributes) to show.

-c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE
    The configuration file to use.

--chef-repo-path PATH
    The path to the chef-repo. This setting will override the default path to the chef-repo. Default: same as specified by chef_repo_path in config.rb.

--chef-zero-port PORT
    The port on which chef-zero will listen.

--[no-]color
    Use to view colored output.

--concurrency
    The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.

-d, --disable-editing
    Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data as-is.

--defaults
    Use to have knife use the default value instead of asking a user to provide one.

-e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
    The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.

-E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
    The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command will run only against the named environment.

-F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
    The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.

-h, --help
    Shows help for the command.

-k KEY, --key KEY
    The private key that knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the Chef server.

--local
    Use to show local files instead of remote files.

--print-after
    Use to show data after a destructive operation.

--repo-mode MODE
    The layout of the local chef-repo. Possible values: static, everything, or hosted_everything. Use static for just roles, environments, cookbooks, and data bags. By default, everything and hosted_everything are dynamically selected depending on the server type. Default: everything / hosted_everything.

-s URL, --server-url URL
    The URL for the Chef server.

-u USER, --user USER
    The user name used by knife to sign requests made by the API client to the Chef server. Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the private key.

-v, --version
    The version of the chef-client.

-V, --verbose
    Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

-y, --yes
    Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with "Yes". knife will not ask for confirmation.

-z, --local-mode
    Use to run the chef-client in local mode. This allows all commands that work against the Chef server to also work against the local chef-repo.

    Examples

    To show all cookbooks in the cookbooks/ directory:

    $ knife show cookbooks/

    or, (if already in the cookbooks/ directory in the local chef-repo):

    $ knife show

    $ knife show roles/ environments/

AUTHOR
Chef