# rpk connect echo

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/24.1/reference/rpk/rpk-connect/rpk-connect-echo.md -->

Parse a configuration file and echo back a normalized version.

This command is useful to check a configuration that isn’t working as expected. It shows a normalized version after environment variables have been resolved.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk connect echo [arguments...]
```

## [](#example)Example

```bash
rpk connect echo ./config.yaml | less
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --help, -h | - | Show help. |