tldr/pages/common/gnmic-get.md

# gnmic get

> Get a snapshot of a gnmi network device operation data.
> More information: <https://gnmic.kmrd.dev/cmd/get>.

- Get a snapshot of the device state at a specific path:

`gnmic --address {{ip:port}} get --path {{path}}`

- Query the device state at multiple paths:

`gnmic -a {{ip:port}} get --path {{path1}} --path {{path2}}`

- Query the device state at multiple paths with a common prefix:

`gnmic -a {{ip:port}} get --prefix {{prefix}} --path {{path1}} --path {{path2}}`

- Query the device state and specify response encoding (json_ietf):

`gnmic -a {{ip:port}} get --path {{path}} --encoding json_ietf`