# Data bag

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/data-bag/4432>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [September 10, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/data-bag/4432 "2013-09-10T18:37:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/data-bag/4432/1 "2013-09-10T18:37:38Z")

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I’ve got some data bags json files that exist on the web interface;  
however, not when in my workstation. I know they exist considering those  
users are working. How do I pull that json file down to my workstation. It  
somehow disappeared or possibly got deleted.

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/data-bag/4432/2 "2013-09-10T18:48:42Z")

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knife download /data\_bags

If you are in your chef repo directory just run knife download data\_bags

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Nikhil Shah [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com) wrote:

> I've got some data bags json files that exist on the web interface;  
> however, not when in my workstation. I know they exist considering those  
> users are working. How do I pull that json file down to my workstation. It  
> somehow disappeared or possibly got deleted.
> 
> --
> 
> - Nikhil Shah \*/ System Administrator
> 
> [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com)
> 
> _The Orchard®_ / [www.theorchard.com](http://www.theorchard.com)
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/data-bag/4432/3 "2013-09-10T18:56:57Z")

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awesome, thanks!

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Nic Grayson [nic.grayson@banno.com](mailto:nic.grayson@banno.com) wrote:

> knife download /data\_bags
> 
> If you are in your chef repo directory just run knife download data\_bags
> 
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Nikhil Shah [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com) wrote:
> 
> > I've got some data bags json files that exist on the web interface;  
> > however, not when in my workstation. I know they exist considering those  
> > users are working. How do I pull that json file down to my workstation. It  
> > somehow disappeared or possibly got deleted.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > - Nikhil Shah \*/ System Administrator
> > 
> > [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com)
> > 
> > _The Orchard®_ / [www.theorchard.com](http://www.theorchard.com)
> > 
> > t (+1) 212.308.5648 / f (+1) 212.201.9203  
> > 23 E. 4th St., 3rd Fl / New York, NY 10003
> > 
> > The Daily Rind™ / _[www.dailyrindblog.com](http://www.dailyrindblog.com)_ [http://www.dailyrindblog.com/](http://www.dailyrindblog.com/)
> > 
> > _Facebook_ [http://www.facebook.com/theorchard](http://www.facebook.com/theorchard) / _@orchtweets_[http://www.twitter.com/orchtweets](http://www.twitter.com/orchtweets)
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