--- title: "topic show" slug: "topic-show" updated: 2026-10-27T17:25:00Z published: 2026-10-27T17:25:00Z canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/topic-show" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # topic show This command shows a topic. ## Usage ```plaintext topic show --database-name NAME           --name NAME ``` ## Required Parameters | `--database-name NAME` | The name of the database where the topic resides. | | --- | --- | | `--name NAME` | The name of the topic to be displayed. |