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Select resources with the source resource_type #4145

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### The "resource_type" method
Use the `resource_type` method to select nodes of a particular type (`model`, `source`, `exposure`, etc). This is similar to the `--resource-type` flag used by the [`dbt ls` command](/reference/commands/list).
Use the `resource_type` method to select nodes of a particular type (`model`, `test`, `exposure`, etc). This is similar to the `--resource-type` flag used by the [`dbt ls` command](/reference/commands/list).
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```bash
$ dbt build --select resource_type:exposure # build all resources upstream of exposures
$ dbt list --select resource_type:test # list all tests in your project
```

Note: This method doesn't work for sources, so use the [`--resource-type`](/reference/commands/list) option of the list command instead:

```bash
$ dbt list --resource-type source
```

### The "path" method
The `path` method is used to select models/sources defined at or under a specific path.
Model definitions are in SQL/Python files (not YAML), and source definitions are in YAML files.
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