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»policy read

The policy read command prints the contents and metadata of the Vault policy named NAME. If the policy does not exist, an error is returned.

»Examples

Read the policy named "my-policy":

$ vault policy read my-policy

$ vault policy read my-policy

»Usage

The following flags are available in addition to the standard set of flags included on all commands.

»Output Options

  • -format (string: "table") - Print the output in the given format. Valid formats are "table", "json", or "yaml". This can also be specified via the VAULT_FORMAT environment variable.