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title: list-backends
description: Lists existing Backends.
component: pingds
version: 7.3
page_id: pingds:configref:subcommands-list-backends
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/subcommands-list-backends.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/subcommands-list-backends.html
---

# list-backends

Lists existing Backends.

In addition to the global `dsconfig` options, the `dsconfig list-backends` subcommand takes the following options:

* `-m | --unit-time {unit}`

  Display time data using the specified unit. The value for UNIT can be one of ms, s, m, h, d, w, or y (milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, or years).

* `--property {property}`

  The name of a property to be displayed.

* `-z | --unit-size {unit}`

  Display size data using the specified unit. The value for UNIT can be one of b, kb, mb, gb, or tb (bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes).

Properties used in options depend on the type of object to configure.

For details about available properties, see [Backend](objects-backend.html).