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page_title: roles add-grants - Command
description: >-
  The "roles add-grants" command adds grants to an existing role resource.
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# roles add-grants

Command: `roles add-grants`

The `roles add-grants` command lets you add grants to a role.
You can specify multiple grants per role.

## Example

This example adds a grant which permits read permissions to a role with the ID `r_1234567890`:

```shell-session
$ boundary roles add-grants -id r_1234567890 -grant "ids=*;type=*;actions=read"
```

## Usage

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```shell-session
$ boundary roles add-grants [options] [args]
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### Command options

- `-grant=<string>` - The grants you want to add.
You can specify grants in compact string format or JSON.
If you use JSON, be sure to escape it properly.
You can optionally specify multiple grants.
- `-ids=<string>` - The IDs of the roles you want to add grants to.
You can specify one or more IDs.
If you specify multiple IDs using text, use commas to separate the IDs.
If you specify multiple IDs using JSON, use an array.
- `-version=<int>` The version of the role to add grants to.
If you do not specify a version, the command performs a check-and-set automatically.

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