# Export tools

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/export-tools/4126>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Created:** [October 23, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/export-tools/4126 "2021-10-23T01:15:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![eversondigital](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/eversondigital/32/474_2.png) [@eversondigital](https://forum.logik.tv/u/eversondigital)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/export-tools/4126/1 "2021-10-23T01:15:13Z")

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Is there a tool to export files from outside of flame like the old wiretap gateway, or the Instinctual tool?

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**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/export-tools/4126/2 "2021-10-23T02:52:15Z")

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Here’s a blackbelt way.

> **[Exporting from the Command Line | Flame Products 2022 | Autodesk Knowledge...](https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/flame-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2022/ENU/Flame-ImportingandExportingMedia/files/GUID-65EF9D6C-B88F-431A-8D3F-0768C7B5124C-htm.html)**
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> Flame includes a command line export utility, flame\_export. It can be found in /opt/Autodesk/io/bin/. This utility allows you to couple a Wiretap Node ID and an export preset to export material from the command line. Here is an example:...