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[[esql-show]]
=== `SHOW`

**Syntax**

[source,esql]
----
SHOW item
----

*Parameters*

`item`::
Can only be `INFO`.

*Description*

The `SHOW` source command returns information about the deployment and
its capabilities:

* Use `SHOW INFO` to return the deployment's version, build date and hash.

*Examples*

[source,esql]
----
SHOW INFO
----
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|===
    version    |             date             |                  hash
8.13.0         |2024-02-23T10:04:18.123117961Z|04ba8c8db2507501c88f215e475de7b0798cb3b3
|===