<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>The 'bq show' command is used to retrieve metadata about BigQuery resources like datasets, tables, views, materialized views, and more.</li><li>It functions as an 'ls' command for cloud metadata, offering a smarter way to view information.</li><li>To execute the 'bq show' command, open a terminal and run 'bq show'.</li><li>If you encounter an error indicating no active account, use 'gcloud auth login' to obtain new credentials.</li><li>'gcloud auth login' initiates a login process using a Google account, stores access credentials locally, and authorizes gcloud CLI to interact with Google Cloud services.</li><li>To specify the GCP project to work with, use the command 'gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID'.</li><li>Setting the project using this command ensures that subsequent gcloud commands default to the specified project.</li><li>After setting the project, commands like 'gcloud compute instances list' will refer to the chosen project.</li></ul>

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