---
name: "dump"
section: "3tk"
platform: "linux"
package: "tkcon"
version: "2:2.7.11-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dump/3tk"
---

# dump(3tk)

Dump information about Tcl interpreter in TkCon

```

```

## NAME

dump - Dump information about Tcl interpreter in TkCon

## SYNOPSIS

**dump** *method* ?*-nocomplain*? ?*-filter pattern*? ?**--**? *pattern* ?*pattern ...*?

```

```

## DESCRIPTION

The dump command provides a way for the user to spit out state information about the interpreter in a Tcl readable (and human readable) form. It takes the general form:

- **dump** *method* ?*-nocomplain*? ?*-filter pattern*? ?**--**? *pattern* ?*pattern ...*?

  The patterns represent glob-style patterns (as in **string** *match pattern $str*). *-nocomplain* will prevent dump from throwing an error if no items matched the pattern. *-filter* is interpreted as appropriate for the method. The various methods are:

- **dump** *command* *args*

  Outputs one or more commands.

- **dump** *procedure* *args*

  Outputs one or more procs in sourceable form.

- **dump** *variable* *args*

  Outputs the values of variables in sourceable form. Recognizes nested arrays. The -filter pattern is used as to filter array element names and is interepreted as a glob pattern (defaults to {\*}). It is passed down for nested arrays.

- **dump** *widget* *args*

  Outputs one or more widgets by giving their configuration options. The -filter pattern is used as to filter the config options and is interpreted as a case insensitive regexp pattern (defaults to {.\*}).

## SEE ALSO

[**idebug**(3tk)](/idebug/3tk.md), [**observe**(3tk)](/observe/3tk.md), [**tkcon**(1)](/tkcon/1.md), [**tkcon**(3tk)](/tkcon/3tk.md), [**tkconrc**(5)](/tkconrc/5.md)

## KEYWORDS

Tk, console, dump

## COPYRIGHT

```
Copyright (c) Jeffrey Hobbs <jeff at hobbs.org>
```