.TH "KNIFE-RAW" "1" "Chef 11.8.0" "" "knife raw"
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knife-raw \- The man page for the knife raw subcommand.
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The \fBknife raw\fP subcommand is used to send a REST request to a specified path using the Chef Server API.
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\fBSyntax\fP
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This argument has the following syntax:
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$ knife raw REQUEST_PATH (options)
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\fBOptions\fP
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This subcommand has the following options:
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.B \fB\-c CONFIG_FILE\fP, \fB\-\-config CONFIG_FILE\fP
The configuration file to use.
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.B \fB\-\-chef\-zero\-port PORT\fP
The port on which chef\-zero will listen.
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.B \fB\-\-[no\-]color\fP
Indicates whether colored output will be used.
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.B \fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-disable\-editing\fP
Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as\-is.
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.B \fB\-\-defaults\fP
Indicates that Knife will use the default value, instead of asking a user to provide one.
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.B \fB\-e EDITOR\fP, \fB\-\-editor EDITOR\fP
The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.
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.B \fB\-E ENVIRONMENT\fP, \fB\-\-environment ENVIRONMENT\fP
The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command will run only against the named environment.
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.B \fB\-F FORMAT\fP, \fB\-\-format FORMAT\fP
The output format: \fBsummary\fP (default), \fBtext\fP, \fBjson\fP, \fByaml\fP, and \fBpp\fP.
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.B \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
Shows help for the command.
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.B \fB\-i FILE\fP, \fB\-\-input FILE\fP
The name of a file to be used with the \fBPUT\fP or a \fBPOST\fP request.
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.B \fB\-k KEY\fP, \fB\-\-key KEY\fP
The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the server.
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.B \fB\-m METHOD\fP, \fB\-\-method METHOD\fP
The request method: \fBDELETE\fP, \fBGET\fP, \fBPOST\fP, or \fBPUT\fP. Default value: \fBGET\fP.
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.B \fB\-\-[no\-]pretty\fP
Use \fB\-\-no\-pretty\fP to disable pretty\-print output for JSON. Default: \fB\-\-pretty\fP.
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.B \fB\-\-print\-after\fP
Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.
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.B \fB\-s URL\fP, \fB\-\-server\-url URL\fP
The URL for the server.
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.B \fB\-u USER\fP, \fB\-\-user USER\fP
The user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API client to the server. Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the private key.
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.B \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
The version of the chef\-client.
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.B \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
Set for more verbose outputs. Use \fB\-VV\fP for maximum verbosity.
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.B \fB\-y\fP, \fB\-\-yes\fP
Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will be "Yes" (and that Knife will not ask for confirmation).
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.B \fB\-z\fP, \fB\-\-local\-mode\fP
Indicates that the chef\-client will be run in local mode, which allows all commands that work against the server to also work against the local chef\-repo.
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\fBExamples\fP
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To view information about a client:
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knife raw /clients/<client_name>
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To view information about a node:
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knife raw /nodes/<node_name>
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To delete a data bag, enter a command similar to:
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$ knife raw \-m DELETE /data/foo
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to return something similar to:
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{
  "name":"foo",
  "json_class":"Chef::DataBag",
  "chef_type":"data_bag"
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.SH AUTHOR
Chef
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