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======eXist Command: list======

**//NOTE: list is an Experimental command which is subject to change//**
Lists all resources on an eXist server

====Synopsis====
list [exist options]

====Description====
Lists all resources on an eXist server and outputs them as text one per line.

====Exist Options====
The list command accepts all [[ExistCommonOptions eXist Common Options]]



====Example====
Assuming the prefix "e" is imported as the exist module, delete the test.xml document

%%
e:list
%%


Result
%%
/db/test.xml
/db/test/a.xml
/db/test/run.xquery
/db/test/b.xml
/db/othello.xml
/db/xi_doc1.xml
/db/xi_sub1.xml
/db/xml-base-chap.xml
....
%%






====Implementation====

list is an experimental command is implemented using the [[ExistQuery query]] command. The source for the list command is

%%
:query -q 'for $d in collection() return document-uri($d)'
%%


See [[http://exist.sourceforge.net/devguide_rest.html]]



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[[ModuleExist eXist Extension Module]]
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