---
title: docs read cli command
description: Read an Elastic documentation page 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4065/reference/elastic-cli/cli/docs/read
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# docs read cli command
```bash
elastic docs read [<path>] [options]
```

Read an Elastic documentation page

## Arguments

<definitions>
  <definition term="<path> string">
    Docs path, full elastic.co URL, or search query
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--path string">
    Docs path, full elastic.co URL, or search query
  </definition>
  <definition term="--raw">
    Output unrendered markdown instead of formatted output
  </definition>
</definitions>


## docs Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-validate">
    skip input validation and send the request as-is
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--output-fields string">
    comma-separated list of fields to include in output (dot-notation supported)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output-template string">
    Mustache-like template for custom text output (e.g. "{{id}}: {{name}}")
  </definition>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>