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help

Displays help for a command

Syntax

joomla help [--xml] [--format FORMAT] [--raw] [--] [<command_name>]

The help command displays help for a given command:

php /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin/joomla help list

You can also output the help in other formats by using the --format option:

php /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin/joomla help –format=xml list

To display the list of available commands, please use the list command.

Arguments

command_name

The command name

Options

--xml

To output help as XML

--format=<value>

The output format (txt, xml, json, or md)
Default: txt

--raw

To output raw command help

list

Lists commands

Syntax

joomla list [--xml] [--raw] [--format FORMAT] [--] [<namespace>]

The list command lists all commands:

php /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin/joomla list

You can also display the commands for a specific namespace:

php /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin/joomla list test

You can also output the information in other formats by using the --format option:

php /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin/joomla list –format=xml

It’s also possible to get raw list of commands (useful for embedding command runner):

php /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin/joomla list –raw

Arguments

namespace

The namespace name

versions

Show available versions in Joomla Git repository

Syntax

joomla versions [--refresh] [--clear-cache] [--repo REPO]

Options

--refresh

Refresh the versions cache

--clear-cache

Clear the downloaded files cache

--repo=<value>

Alternative Git repository to clone. Also accepts a gzipped tar archive instead of a Git repository. To use joomlatools/platform, use --repo=platform. For Kodekit Platform, use --repo=kodekit-platform.
Default: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms