Meltano

Hi, is there a way to use --dump for catalog file without running the elt?

IIRC you can use `meltano select` to see what streams will get selected, and running either that command or `meltano invoke` (could be any invoke call to the tap, even `--help`) will generate a catalog file in `.meltano/run/[tap-name]` that you can inspect. Is that what you're asking?

actually it has to be `meltano select --list`

oh I see what you are saying. Sorry, `--dump` is new functionality I had missed. Try adding `--dry` to the command so it doesn't actually run the pipeline <@U06C5F4RXAA>

<@U06C5F4RXAA> <@U06CBSQNLP5> `meltano elt --dump=&lt;file&gt;`  already doesn't actually run the pipeline!

I tried to make this clear in the docs (<https://meltano.com/docs/command-line-interface.html#elt>, emphasis mine):
&gt; A `--dump` option can be passed (along with any of the other options) to dump the content of a pipeline-specific generated file to <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams#Standard_output_(stdout)|STDOUT > *instead of actually running the pipeline*. This can aid in debugging <https://meltano.com/docs/integration.html#extractor-catalog-generation|extractor catalog generation>, <https://meltano.com/docs/integration.html#pipeline-state|pipeline state lookup>, and <https://meltano.com/docs/integration.html#pipeline-specific-configuration|pipeline-specific configuration>.

The reason `--dump` is an option on `meltano elt`  and not a command of its own is that the entire ELT context (extractor, loader, optional transformer, job ID) is needed to correctly generate the files, which are then dumped to STDOUT instead of passed on to the plugin.