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description: "Export labels to a label file"
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# gt label export

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Export labels to a label file

## Synopsis

```text
Write every label as a row of a label file, the format gt label import reads, to standard
output or to a new file.
```

```
gt label export [flags]
```

## Examples

```
$ gt label export > labels.txt
$ gt label export --org acme --output labels.txt
# Copy the labels of one repository to another
$ gt label export -R alice/old | gt label import - -R alice/new
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help          help for export
  -O, --output file   Write to a new file instead of standard output
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --org organization    Manage the labels of an organization instead of a repository
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt label](../label/index.md): Manage labels