# CLI Reference

## Managing Resources

### ls

The `fides ls` command gets a list of all resources from the server and displays them as YAML.

## Usage

Usage: `fides ls [args]`

The command will list all of the remote resources of the specified type from the Server.

Accepted argument types for this command are:

- **data_category**: a specific category from the taxonomy. A valid example would be `user.name`.
- **data_qualifier**: a specific qualifier from the taxonomy. A valid example would be `aggregated`.
- **data_subject**: a specific data subject from the taxonomy. A valid example is `customer`.
- **data_use**: a specific use of data from the taxonomy. A valid example is `advertising.third_party`.
- **dataset**: a dataset that represents a collection of information in a system such as the collection of tables in a postgres database.
- **evaluation**: the result of a policy evaluation check.
- **organization**: the name of the organization defined in Fides.
- **policy**: a Fides policy rule.
- **system**: a specific system resource.

## Example: List all data_category resources from the server

This example lists all `data_category` resources from the server and displays them as YAML.

```bash
$ fides ls data_category
Loaded config from: .fides/fides.toml
----------
data_category:
- description: Data related to the user of the system, either provided directly or
    derived based on their usage.
  fides_key: user
  is_default: true
  name: User Data
  organization_fides_key: default_organization
  parent_key: null
  tags: null
- description: Contact data collected about a user.
  fides_key: user.contact
  is_default: true
  name: Contact Data
  organization_fides_key: default_organization
  parent_key: user
  tags: null
- description: Contact address data collected about a user.
  fides_key: user.contact.address
  is_default: true
  name: Contact Data
  organization_fides_key: default_organization
  parent_key: user.contact
  tags: null
- all data categories, etc...
```