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page_title: policies list - Command
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  The "policies list" command lists the available policy resources within a scope or resource.
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# policies list

<EnterpriseAlert product="boundary">This feature requires <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/products/boundary">HCP Boundary or Boundary Enterprise</a></EnterpriseAlert>

Command: `policies list`

The `policies list` command lets you list the policies within a given scope or resource.

## Example

This example lists all policies within the scope `s_1234567890`.
The `recursive` option means Boundary runs the operation recursively on any child scopes, if applicable:

```shell-session
$ boundary policies list -scope-id s_1234567890 -recursive
```

## Usage

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```shell-session
$ boundary policies list [options] [args]
```

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### Command options

- `-filter=<string>` - If set, Boundary filters the list operation before the results are returned.
The filter operates against each item in the list.
We recommend that you use single quotes, because the filters contain double quotes.
Refer to the [Filter resource listings documentation](/boundary/docs/concepts/filtering/resource-listing) for more details.
- `recursive` - If set, runs the list operation recursively on any child scopes, if the type supports it.
The default value is `false`.
- `scope-id=<string>` - The scope from which to list policies.
The default value is `global`.
You can also specify this value using the **BOUNDARY_SCOPE_ID** environment variable.

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