# rpk connect echo

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title: rpk connect echo
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description: Parse a config file and echo back a normalized version. This command is useful for sanity checking a config if it isn't behaving as expected, as it shows you a normalised version after environment variables have been resolved.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-connect/rpk-connect-echo.md -->

Parse a config file and echo back a normalized version. This command is useful for sanity checking a config if it isn’t behaving as expected, as it shows you a normalised version after environment variables have been resolved.

Examples:

```bash
rpk connect echo ./config.yaml | less
rpk connect echo --set 'input.generate.mapping=root.id = uuid_v4()'
```

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk connect echo [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -s, --set | strings | set a field (identified by a dot path) in the main configuration file, for example, "metrics.type=prometheus". |
| -r, --resources | strings | pull in extra resources from a file, which can be referenced the same as resources defined in the main config, supports glob patterns (requires quotes). |
| -e, --env-file | strings | import environment variables from a dotenv file. |
| -t, --templates | strings | EXPERIMENTAL: import Redpanda Connect templates, supports glob patterns (requires quotes). |

## [](#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. |