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p4 help

Synopsis

Provide on-line help for Perforce.

Syntax

p4 [g-opts] help
p4 [g-opts] help keyword
p4 [g-opts] help command

Description

p4 help displays a help screen describing the named command or keyword. It's very similar to this manual, but the text is written by the developers.

p4 help with no arguments lists all the available p4 help options. p4 help command provides help on the named command. p4 help keyword takes the following keywords as arguments:

Command and Keyword
Meaning
Equivalent Chapter
in this Manual

p4 help simple

Provides short descriptions of the eight most basic Perforce commands.

(none)

p4 help commands

Lists all the Perforce commands

Table of Contents

p4 help charset

Describes how to control Unicode translation

P4CHARSET description.

p4 help environment

Lists the Perforce environment variables and their meanings

Environment and Registry Variables

p4 help filetypes

Lists the Perforce filetypes and their meanings

File Types

p4 help jobview

Describes Perforce jobviews

p4 jobs description

p4 help revisions

Describes Perforce revision specifiers

File Specification

p4 help usage

Lists the six flags available with all Perforce commands

Global Options

p4 help views

Describes the meaning of Perforce views

Views

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use
Revision Specifier?

Can File Arguments Use
Revision Range?

Minimal Access Level Required

N/A

N/A

none

Related Commands

To view information about the current Perforce configuration

p4 info


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