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influx task list

The influx task list command lists and searches for tasks in InfluxDB.

Usage

influx task list [flags]

Command aliases

list, ls, find

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c--active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
--configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h--helpHelp for the list command
--hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086)stringINFLUX_HOST
--http-debugInspect communication with InfluxDB servers.string
-i--idTask IDstring
--jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
--limitNumber of tasks to find (default 100)integer
-o--orgTask organization namestringINFLUX_ORG
--org-idTask organization IDstringINFLUX_ORG_ID
--skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t--tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN
-n--user-idTask owner IDstring

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by either the active influx CLI configuration or by environment variables (INFLUX_HOST, INFLUX_ORG, and INFLUX_TOKEN). If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:

  • --host: InfluxDB host
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token
List all tasks
influx task list
List a specific task
influx task list --id 0Xx0oox00XXoxxoo1
Limit the number of tasks returned to 20
influx task list --limit 20
List all tasks created by a specific user
influx task list --user-id 0Xx0oox00XXoxxoo1

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