docs-v2/content/v2.0/reference/cli/influxd/inspect/dumpwal.md

title	description	v2.0/tags	menu	weight
influxd inspect dumpwal	The `influxd inspect dumpwal` command outputs data from WAL files.	wal inspect	v2_0_ref parent influxd inspect	301

The influxd inspect dumpwal command outputs data from Write Ahead Log (WAL) files. Given a list of file path globs (patterns that match .wal file paths), the command parses and prints out entries in each file.

Usage

influxd inspect dumpwal [flags] <globbing-patterns>

Output details

The --find-duplicates flag determines the influxd inspect dumpwal output.

Without --find-duplicates, the command outputs the following for each file that matches the specified globbing patterns:

• The file name
• For each entry in a file: - The type of the entry ([write] or [delete-bucket-range]) - The formatted entry contents

With --find-duplicates, the command outputs the following for each file that matches the specified globbing patterns:

• The file name
• A list of keys with timestamps in the wrong order

Arguments

Globbing patterns

Globbing patterns provide partial paths used to match file paths and names.

Example globbing patterns

# Match any file or folder starting with "foo"
foo*

# Match any file or folder starting with "foo" and ending with .txt
foo*.txt

# Match any file or folder ending with "foo"
*foo

# Match foo/bar/baz but not foo/bar/bin/baz
foo/*/baz

# Match foo/baz and foo/bar/baz and foo/bar/bin/baz
foo/**/baz

# Matches cat but not can or c/t
/c?t

Flags

Flag	Description
--find-duplicates	Ignore dumping entries; only report keys in the WAL that are out of order.
-h, --help	Help for dumpwal.