Provide on-line help for Perforce
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.
The variation p4 help command provides help on the named command. p4 help with no arguments lists all the available p4 help options, and p4 help keyword takes the following keywords as arguments:
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Command & Keyword |
Meaning | Equivalent Chapter in This Manual |
|---|---|---|
| p4 help simple | Provides short descriptions of the eight most basic Perforce commands. | <None> |
| p4 help commands | List all the Perforce commands | Table of Contents |
| p4 help filetypes | List the Perforce filetypes and their meanings | File Types chapter |
| p4 help jobview | Describe Perforce jobviews | p4 jobs description |
| p4 help revisions | Describe Perforce revision specifiers | File Specification chapter |
| p4 help usage | List the six flags available with all Perforce commands | Global Options chapter |
| p4 help views | Describe the meaning of Perforce views | Views chapter |
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Can File Arg Use Revision Specifier? |
Can File Arg Use Revision Range? |
Minimal Access Level Required |
|---|---|---|
| <NA> | <NA> | none |
| To view information about the current Perforce configuration | p4 info |