serverless/docs/providers/knative/cli-reference/invoke.md

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# Knative - Invoke

Invokes the deployed function and display its output on the console.

```bash
serverless invoke --function functionName
```

## Options

- `--function` or `-f` The name of the function in your service that you want to invoke. **Required**.

## Examples

```bash
serverless invoke --function functionName
```

This example will invoke your deployed function named `functionName` and outputs the result of the invocation in your terminal.