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- Instead of the note at the end, added an example of how the output
  looks by using the expanded switch.
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prathamesh-sonpatki committed Mar 11, 2019
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edit_user GET /users/:id/edit(.:format) users#edit
```

You can also use the `--expanded` option to turn on the expanded table formatting mode.

```
$ rails routes --expanded
--[ Route 1 ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | users
Verb | GET
URI | /users(.:format)
Controller#Action | users#index
--[ Route 2 ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix |
Verb | POST
URI | /users(.:format)
Controller#Action | users#create
--[ Route 3 ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | new_user
Verb | GET
URI | /users/new(.:format)
Controller#Action | users#new
--[ Route 4 ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | edit_user
Verb | GET
URI | /users/:id/edit(.:format)
Controller#Action | users#edit
```

You can search through your routes with the grep option: -g. This outputs any routes that partially match the URL helper method name, the HTTP verb, or the URL path.

```
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$ rails routes -c Articles::CommentsController
```

TIP: You'll find that the output from `rails routes` is much more readable if you widen your terminal window until the output lines don't wrap. You can also use --expanded option to turn on the expanded table formatting mode.
TIP: You'll find that the output from `rails routes` is much more readable if you widen your terminal window until the output lines don't wrap.

### Testing Routes

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