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Explain

expanso-cli config explain

Show configuration values and their sources

Synopsis

Display the current configuration values and where each value came from.

Configuration sources are shown in precedence order:

  • cli: Command line flags
  • env: Environment variables
  • file: Configuration file
  • dynamic: Dynamic configuration
  • default: Built-in defaults
expanso-cli config explain [flags]

Examples

  # Show configuration with sources
expanso-cli config explain

# Show as JSON
expanso-cli config explain --output json

# Show as table
expanso-cli config explain --output table

Options

  -f, --format {table|json|yaml|csv}   Output format (default table)
-h, --help help for explain
--no-header Hide table headers (table format only)
--no-style Disable colors and styling
-w, --wide Show full values without truncation (table format only)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --auth-token string   API bearer authentication token
-e, --endpoint string API endpoint URL
-k, --insecure Skip TLS certificate verification
-p, --profile string Profile to use for configuration
--timeout string Request timeout duration
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging

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