---
title: influxdb3 show system
description: The influxdb3 show system command displays data from InfluxDB 3 Core system tables.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/show/system/
estimated_tokens: 726
product: InfluxDB 3 Core
version: core
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/show/system/
date: '2025-01-30T15:19:48-07:00'
lastmod: '2025-01-30T15:19:48-07:00'
---

The `influxdb3 show system` command displays data from InfluxDB 3 Core
system tables.

## Usage

```
 influxdb3 show system [OPTIONS] --database <DATABASE_NAME> <SUBCOMMAND>
```

##### Aliases

`system`, `s`

## Subcommands

|                                 Subcommand                                  |                 Description                  |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|   [summary](/influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/show/system/summary)    |         Summarize system table data          |
|     [table](/influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/show/system/table/)     |Retrieve entries from a specific system table |
|[table-list](/influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/show/system/table-list/)|         List available system tables         |
|                                    help                                     |Print command help or the help of a subcommand|

## Options

|Option|            |                                    Description                                    |
|------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-H` |  `--host`  |Host URL of the running InfluxDB 3 Core server (default is `http://127.0.0.1:8181`)|
| `-d` |`--database`|                  *(Required)* Name of the database to operate on                  |
|      | `--token`  |                               Authentication token                                |
| `-h` |  `--help`  |                              Print help information                               |
|      |`--help-all`|                          Print detailed help information                          |

### Option environment variables

You can use the following environment variables to set command options:

|  Environment Variable   |   Option   |
|-------------------------|------------|
|  `INFLUXDB3_HOST_URL`   |  `--host`  |
|`INFLUXDB3_DATABASE_NAME`|`--database`|
| `INFLUXDB3_AUTH_TOKEN`  | `--token`  |
| Subcommand | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Subcommand | Description |
| summary | Summarize system table data |
| table | Retrieve entries from a specific system table |
| table-list | List available system tables |
| help | Print command help or the help of a subcommand |

| Option |  | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Option |  | Description |
| -H | --host | Host URL of the running InfluxDB 3 Core server (default is  http://127.0.0.1:8181 ) |
| -d | --database | ( Required )  Name of the database to operate on |
|  | --token | Authentication token |
| -h | --help | Print help information |
|  | --help-all | Print detailed help information |

| Environment Variable | Option |
| --- | --- |
| Environment Variable | Option |
| INFLUXDB3_HOST_URL | --host |
| INFLUXDB3_DATABASE_NAME | --database |
| INFLUXDB3_AUTH_TOKEN | --token |