# Find branches

> Find branches using the cm find command in Unity Version Control CLI.

Find and filter branches.

## Filtering options

The following list displays the different filtering options (`where`) that are available to use with the `cm find branch` command:

* `attribute`
* `attrvalue`
* `changesets`
* `comment`
* `date`
* `guid`
* `id`
* `item`
* `name`
* `owner`
* `parent`
* `repllogid`
* `replsrcdate`
* `replsrcid`
* `replsrcrepository`
* `replsrcserver`

## Output options

The following list displays the different output options (`--format`) available to use with the `cm find branch` command:

* `comment`
* `date`
* `id`
* `name`
* `owner`
* `parent`

## `cm find branches` example

The following example filters branches by the following requirements:

* The owner is `name`.
* The branch was created after `2013/03/01`.

The example also formats the results to show the name of the branch and the creation date, with consistent 30 character spacing.

```text
cm find branches "where owner='name' and date >= '2013/03/01'" --format="{name,-30} {date}"
/main/scm12636/scm12666      22/04/2013 16:32:31
/main/scm12313               29/05/2013 17:36:04

Total: 2
```