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# dsdt cat

### Description

Print the contents of a bundle.  Shows the bundle as it would be [*presented*](/disdat-documentation/basic-concepts/bundles/untitled.md) to a Python process through the API or as input to a Disdat Task. 

### Usage

```
usage: dsdt cat [-h] [-t TAG] [-f FILE] [-u UUID] [bundle]
```

### Options

```
positional arguments:
  bundle                The bundle name in the current context

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t TAG, --tag TAG     Having a specific tag: 'dsdt ls -t committed:True -t
                        version:0.7.1'
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Save output dataframe as csv without index to
                        specified file
  -u UUID, --uuid UUID  Bundle UUID to cat
```

### Examples

#### A list of files from the added bundle of the config directory:

```bash
$dsdt cat configs
['/Users/kyocum/.disdat/context/examples/objects/b279ac44-406b-4b82-95bd-7cb74f8fd7ea/ubuntu-14.04/deb.txt'
 '/Users/kyocum/.disdat/context/examples/objects/b279ac44-406b-4b82-95bd-7cb74f8fd7ea/ubuntu-14.04/tesseract.deb.txt']
```

#### Cat by UUID

```bash
$dsdt ls -v configs
NAME                	PROC_NAME           	OWNER   	DATE              	COMMITTED	UUID                                    	TAGS
configs             	BundleWrapperTask_configs_b2e28a44e2	kyocum  	01-25-20 21:46:24 	False   	b279ac44-406b-4b82-95bd-7cb74f8fd7ea
$dsdt cat -u b279ac44-406b-4b82-95bd-7cb74f8fd7ea
['/Users/kyocum/.disdat/context/examples/objects/b279ac44-406b-4b82-95bd-7cb74f8fd7ea/ubuntu-14.04/deb.txt'
 '/Users/kyocum/.disdat/context/examples/objects/b279ac44-406b-4b82-95bd-7cb74f8fd7ea/ubuntu-14.04/tesseract.deb.txt']
```