cli config get

Gets value of a CLI for Microsoft 365 configuration option

Usage

m365 cli config get [options]

Options

-k, --key <key>

Config key to get the value of

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is options.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md, none. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Available settings

Following is the list of configuration settings available in CLI for Microsoft 365.

Setting name	Definition	Default value
authType	Default login method to use when running m365 login without the --authType option.	deviceCode
autoOpenLinksInBrowser	Automatically open the browser for all commands which return a url and expect the user to copy paste this to the browser. For example when logging in, using m365 login in device code mode.	false
copyDeviceCodeToClipboard	Automatically copy the device code to the clipboard when running m365 login command in device code mode	false
csvEscape	Single character used for escaping; only apply to characters matching the quote and the escape options	"
csvHeader	Display the column names on the first line	true
csvQuote	The quote characters surrounding a field. An empty quote value will preserve the original field, whether it contains quotation marks or not.
csvQuoted	Quote all the non-empty fields even if not required	false
csvQuotedEmpty	Quote empty strings and overrides quoted_string on empty strings when defined	false
disableTelemetry	Disables sending of telemetry data	false
errorOutput	Defines if errors should be written to stdout or stderr	stderr
helpMode	Defines what part of command's help to display. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full	options
output	Defines the default output when issuing a command. Allowed values are json, text, csv, md, none	json
printErrorsAsPlainText	When output mode is set to json, print error messages as plain-text rather than JSON	true
prompt	Prompts for missing values in required options and enables interactive selection when multiple values are available for a command that requires a specific value to be retrieved.	true
promptListPageSize	By default, lists of choices longer than 7 will be paginated. Use this option to control how many choices will appear on the screen at once.	7
showHelpOnFailure	Automatically display help when executing a command failed	true
showSpinner	Display spinner when executing commands	true

Remarks

If the specified setting has not been configured, CLI will return no output.

Examples

Get the output configured for CLI for Microsoft 365

m365 cli config get --key output

Response

When retrieving the output key, responses will look like this:

JSON

"json"

Text

json

CSV

json

Markdown

json

More information

• Configuring the CLI for Microsoft 365