# dbt cli --select behaviour

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-cli-select-behaviour/8001>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** node-selection\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-cli-select-behaviour/8001 "2023-04-25T15:19:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pauwel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@pauwel](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/pauwel)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-cli-select-behaviour/8001/1 "2023-04-25T15:19:50Z")

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## The problem I’m having

dbt seed --select seed1.csv --select seed2.csv only loads seed2 and skips seed1  
dbt seed --select seed1.csv seed2.csv loads both seeds

If I read [Syntax overview | dbt Developer Hub](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/node-selection/syntax) correctly, both should work the same

## The context of why I’m trying to do this

## What I’ve already tried

## Some example code or error messages

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**Author:** ![brunoszdl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/brunoszdl/32/4113_2.png) [@brunoszdl](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/brunoszdl)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-cli-select-behaviour/8001/2 "2023-04-25T17:32:35Z")

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Hi @pauwel

You just use the --select flag once in your command. You can select multiple models by separating them by spaces as you did

> **[Set operators | dbt Developer Hub](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/node-selection/set-operators)**
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**Author:** ![brunoszdl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/brunoszdl/32/4113_2.png) [@brunoszdl](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/brunoszdl)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-cli-select-behaviour/8001/3 "2023-04-27T21:29:06Z")

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Now in dbt 1.5 it seems you can use multiple select flags