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Command-line interface (CLI) help

We can run the help command to display full information about all MobileFirst Platform CLI commands.

The mfpdev help command displays information about all commands in the CLI. We can display different levels of information as follows:

Table 1. Displaying help for MobileFirst Platform CLI commands

To display...	Type in your command window...
A summary of all commands	mfpdev help
A summary of all application-related commands	mfpdev help app
A summary of all server-related commands	mfpdev help server
A summary of all adapter-related commands	mfpdev help adapter
Details of a specific command	mfpdev help <command> where <command> is either two or three parts. See Examples.

Examples

mfpdev help

Displays summary of all commands.

mfpdev help server

Displays summary of all server-related commands.

mfpdev help adapter

Displays summary of all adapter-related commands.

mfpdev help app register

Displays full description and syntax of mfpdev app register command.

mfpdev help config

Displays full description and syntax of mfpdev config command.

Parent topic: The MobileFirst command-line interface (CLI)