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title: list-properties
description: Describes managed objects and their properties.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:configref:subcommands-list-properties
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/subcommands-list-properties.html
---

# list-properties

Describes managed objects and their properties.

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

* `-c | --category {category}`

  The category of components whose properties should be described.

* `--inherited`

  Modifies the display output to show the inherited properties of components.\
  Default: false

* `--property {property}`

  The name of a property to be displayed.

* `-t | --type {type}`

  The type of components whose properties should be described. The value for TYPE must be one of the component types associated with the CATEGORY specified using the "--category" option.