1KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)                            KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
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NAME

9       kubectl version - Print the client and server version information
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SYNOPSIS

14       kubectl version [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

19       Print  the  client  and server version information for the current con‐
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OPTIONS

25       --client=false      If true, shows client version only (no  server  re‐
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

37       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a
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48       --azure-container-registry-config=""       Path  to the file containing
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52       --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache"      Default cache directory
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71       --disable-compression=false       If true, opt-out of response compres‐
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105       sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
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117       --token=""      Bearer token for authentication to the API server
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123       --username=""      Username for basic authentication to the API server
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EXAMPLE

135                # Print the client and server versions for the current context
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SEE ALSO

142       kubectl(1),
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HISTORY

147       January  2015,  Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
148       com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully  they  have
149       been automatically generated since!
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