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gcloud compute os-config inventories describe

NAME
gcloud compute os-config inventories describe - describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute os-config inventories describe INSTANCE [--location=LOCATION] [--view=VIEW] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance.
EXAMPLES
To describe the inventory of an instance my-instance that has the instance ID 5678 in the current project and location 'us-central1-a', run: 
gcloud compute os-config inventories describe my-instance --location=us-central1-a
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE
ID or name of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. For details on valid instance IDs, refer to the criteria documented under the field id at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
FLAGS
--location=LOCATION
Location of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. If not specified, the property compute/zone is used. For details on setting properties, see: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/properties
--view=VIEW
Specifies what information should be included in the output. If unspecified, the default view is basic. VIEW must be one of:
basic
Output is limited to operating system details.
full
Output includes operating system details and package information.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
This command uses the osconfig/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/osconfig/rest
NOTES
This variant is also available: 
gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe