How do i show the data of a cookbook on my chef server?

amurleopard

Obtain the versions of the cookbook on the chef server.

$ knife cookbook show cowsay
cowsay   0.1.0

Check the data for the cookbook.

$ knife cookbook show cowsay 0.1.0
attributes:
chef_type:     cookbook_version
cookbook_name: cowsay
definitions:
files:
frozen?:       false
json_class:    Chef::CookbookVersion
libraries:
metadata:
  attributes:
  chef_versions:
    >= 12.1
  conflicting:
  dependencies:
  description:      Installs/Configures cowsay
  gems:
  groupings:
  issues_url:       
...
...
...

You can narrow down the data listed to the part you require.

$ knife cookbook show example 1.0.0 recipes
checksum:    e95bce41d0b0840fe5280f5b31886e95
name:        default.rb
path:        recipes/default.rb
specificity: default
...
...
...

Show the content of the default.rb recipes file for cookbook examples.

$ knife cookbook show example 1.0.0 recipes default.rb
# This is a Chef recipe file. It can be used to specify resources which will
# apply configuration to a server.

log "Welcome to Chef, #{node['example']['name']}!" do
  level :info
end

# For more information, see the documentation: https://docs.chef.io/recipes.html