n8n execute --id=123

Category: n8n & Workflow Automation

n8n execute --id=123

Run a saved workflow once

Executes workflow 123 the same way a manual run would, starting from the first trigger node, and prints the full execution result as JSON. The workflow must already exist in the n8n database, so import it first when it came from a file. The --id flag is required; the old --file flag no longer works.
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