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// * operators/understanding/crds/crd-managing-resources-from-crds.adoc
// * operators/understanding/crds/extending-api-with-crds.adoc

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= Inspecting custom resources

You can inspect custom resource (CR) objects that exist in your cluster using the CLI.

.Prerequisites

* A CR object exists in a namespace to which you have access.

.Procedure

. To get information on a specific kind of a CR, run:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get <kind>
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For example:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get crontab
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.Example output
[source,terminal]
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NAME                 KIND
my-new-cron-object   CronTab.v1.stable.example.com
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Resource names are not case-sensitive, and you can use either the singular or plural forms defined in the CRD, as well as any short name. For example:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get crontabs
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get crontab
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get ct
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. You can also view the raw YAML data for a CR:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get <kind> -o yaml
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For example:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get ct -o yaml
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.Example output
[source,terminal]
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apiVersion: v1
items:
- apiVersion: stable.example.com/v1
  kind: CronTab
  metadata:
    clusterName: ""
    creationTimestamp: 2017-05-31T12:56:35Z
    deletionGracePeriodSeconds: null
    deletionTimestamp: null
    name: my-new-cron-object
    namespace: default
    resourceVersion: "285"
    selfLink: /apis/stable.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/crontabs/my-new-cron-object
    uid: 9423255b-4600-11e7-af6a-28d2447dc82b
  spec:
    cronSpec: '* * * * /5' <1>
    image: my-awesome-cron-image <1>
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<1> Custom data from the YAML that you used to create the object displays.