# InSpec Profile: `default`
This shows the implementation of the `default` InSpec [profile](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/blob/master/docs/profiles.md).
## Verify a profile
InSpec ships with built-in features to verify a profile structure.
```bash
$ inspec check default
Summary
-------
Location: default
Profile: profile
Controls: 4
Timestamp: 2019-06-24T23:09:01+00:00
Valid: true
Errors
------
Warnings
--------
```
## Execute a profile
To run all **supported** controls on a local machine use `inspec exec /path/to/profile`.
```bash
$ inspec exec default
..
Finished in 0.0025 seconds (files took 0.12449 seconds to load)
8 examples, 0 failures
```
## Execute a specific control from a profile
To run one control from the profile use `inspec exec /path/to/profile --controls name`.
```bash
$ inspec exec default --controls package
.
Finished in 0.0025 seconds (files took 0.12449 seconds to load)
1 examples, 0 failures
```
See an [example control here](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/blob/master/examples/profile/controls/example.rb).
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