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KNIFE-RAW(1)                       knife raw                      KNIFE-RAW(1)

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

       The knife raw subcommand is used to send a REST request to a specified
       path using the Chef Server API.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

          $ knife raw REQUEST_PATH (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

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

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

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

       -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.

       -i FILE, --input FILE
              The name of a file to be used with the PUT or a POST request.

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

       -m METHOD, --method METHOD
              The request method: DELETE, GET, POST, or PUT. Default value:
              GET.

       --[no-]pretty
              Use --no-pretty to disable pretty-print output for JSON.
              Default: --pretty.

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

       -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 view information about a client:

          knife raw /clients/<client_name>

       To view information about a node:

          knife raw /nodes/<node_name>

       To delete a data bag, enter a command similar to:

          $ knife raw -m DELETE /data/foo

       to return something similar to:

          {
            "name":"foo",
            "json_class":"Chef::DataBag",
            "chef_type":"data_bag"
          }

AUTHOR
       Chef

                                  Chef 11.14                      KNIFE-RAW(1)