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---
layout: commands
page_title: 'Commands: Snapshot Inspect'
sidebar_title: inspect
---
# Consul Snapshot Inspect
Command: `consul snapshot inspect`
The `snapshot inspect` command is used to inspect an atomic, point-in-time
snapshot of the state of the Consul servers which includes key/value entries,
service catalog, prepared queries, sessions, and ACLs. The snapshot is read
from the given file.
The following fields are displayed when inspecting a snapshot:
- `ID` - A unique ID for the snapshot, only used for differentiation purposes.
- `Size` - The size of the snapshot, in bytes.
- `Index` - The Raft index of the latest log entry in the snapshot.
- `Term` - The Raft term of the latest log entry in the snapshot.
- `Version` - The snapshot format version. This only refers to the structure of
the snapshot, not the data contained within.
## Usage
Usage: `consul snapshot inspect [options] FILE`
## Examples
To inspect a snapshot from the file "backup.snap":
```shell-session
$ consul snapshot inspect backup.snap
ID 2-5-1477944140022
Size 667
Index 5
Term 2
Version 1
Type Count Size
---- ---- ----
Register 3 1.7KB
ConnectCA 1 1.2KB
ConnectCAProviderState 1 1.1KB
Index 12 344B
AutopilotRequest 1 199B
ConnectCAConfig 1 197B
FederationState 1 139B
SystemMetadata 1 68B
ChunkingState 1 12B
---- ---- ----
Total 5KB
```
Please see the [HTTP API](/api/snapshot) documentation for
more details about snapshot internals.