# vespa visit

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## vespa visit

Retrieve and print all documents from Vespa

### Synopsis

Retrieve and print all documents from Vespa.

By default, prints each document received on its own line (JSONL format).

```
vespa visit [flags]
```

### Examples

```
$ vespa visit # get documents from any cluster
$ vespa visit --content-cluster search # get documents from cluster named "search"
$ vespa visit --field-set "[id]" # list document IDs
```

### Options

```
--bucket-space strings The "default" or "global" bucket space (default [global,default])
      --chunk-count int Chunk by count (default 1000)
      --content-cluster string Which content cluster to visit documents from (default "*")
      --field-set string Which fieldset to ask for
      --from string Timestamp to visit from, in seconds
      --header strings Add a header to the HTTP request, on the format 'Header: Value'. This can be specified multiple times
  -h, --help help for visit
      --json-lines Output documents as JSON lines (default true)
      --make-feed Output JSON array suitable for vespa-feeder
      --pretty-json Format pretty JSON
      --selection string Select subset of cluster
      --slice-id int The number of the slice this visit invocation should fetch (default -1)
      --slices int Split the document corpus into this number of independent slices (default -1)
      --stream Stream the HTTP responses
      --to string Timestamp to visit up to, in seconds
  -v, --verbose Print the equivalent curl command for the visit operation
  -w, --wait int Number of seconds to wait for service(s) to become ready. 0 to disable (default 0)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
-a, --application string The application to use. Format "tenant.application.instance" - instance is optional (tenant required for cloud targets)
  -C, --cluster string The container cluster to use. This is only required for applications with multiple clusters
  -c, --color string Whether to use colors in output. Must be "auto", "never", or "always" (default "auto")
  -i, --instance string The instance of the application to use
  -q, --quiet Print only errors
  -t, --target string The target platform to use. Must be "local", "cloud", "hosted" or an URL (default "local")
  -z, --zone string The zone to use. This defaults to a dev zone (cloud only)
```

### SEE ALSO

- [vespa](vespa.html) - The command-line tool for Vespa.ai

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- [vespa visit](#page-title)
- [vespa visit](#vespa-visit)
- [Synopsis](#synopsis)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Options](#options)
- [Options inherited from parent commands](#options-inherited-from-parent-commands)
- [SEE ALSO](#see-also)