# rpk cluster quotas describe

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title: rpk cluster quotas describe
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster-quotas-describe.md -->

Describe client quotas.

This command describes client quotas that match the provided filtering criteria. Running the command without filters returns all client quotas. Use the `--strict` flag for strict matching, which means that the only quotas returned exactly match the filters.

Filters can be provided in terms of entities. An entity consists of either a client ID or a client ID prefix.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster quotas describe [flags]
```

## [](#examples)Examples

This section provides examples of how to use `rpk cluster quotas describe`.

Describe all client quotas.

```bash
rpk cluster quotas describe
```

Describe all client quota with client ID `<foo>`.

```bash
rpk cluster quotas describe --name client-id=<foo>
```

Describe client quotas for a given client ID prefix `<bar>.`.

```bash
rpk cluster quotas describe --name client-id=<bar>.
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --any | stringSlice | Entity type for any matching (names or default). Valid type values: client-id or client-id-prefix. Repeatable. |
| --default | stringSlice | Entity type for default matching. Valid type values: client-id or client-id-prefix. Repeatable. |
| --name | stringSlice | Entity type and name pair for exact name matching. Valid type values: client-id or client-id-prefix. Repeatable. |
| --strict | bool | Use strict matching: exclude entities with unspecified entity types. |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |