---
title: stack kb security-detections-api export-rules cli command
description: Export detection rules Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4075/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/security-detections-api/export-rules
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb security-detections-api export-rules cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb security-detections-api export-rules [options]
```

Export detection rules
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--exclude-export-details">
    Determines whether a summary of the exported rules is returned.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--file-name string">
    File name for saving the exported rules.
    > info
    When using cURL to export rules to a file, use the -O and -J options to save the rules to the file name specified in the URL.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--body string">
  </definition>
  <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>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>