p4 help

Provide command-line help for P4 Server.

Syntax

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

Syntax and naming conventions

Description

p4 help

displays a topic describing the named command or keyword
is similar to this manual, but more concise and without hyperlinks

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	Details	Relevant Documentation
p4 help 2fa	Describes how P4 Server implements multi-factor authentication (MFA) using three triggers.	Triggering for multi-factor authentication (MFA) in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help administration`	Help on specialized administration topics.	p4 admin
`p4 help charset`	Describes how to control Unicode translation.	P4CHARSET
`p4 help commands`	Lists all the P4 Server commands.	Command reference
`p4 help configurables`	Describes the use of all of the P4 Server configuration variables.	Configurables
`p4 help dvcs`	Describes decentralized version control with P4 Server.	Distributed versioning (DVCS) in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help environment`	Lists the P4 Server environment variables and their meanings.	Environment and registry variables
`p4 help extension`	Describes the options available for p4 extension. To learn more about extensions, see `p4 help serverextensionintro` and `p4 help clientextensionintro`.	p4 extension. See also Extensions in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help filetypes`	Lists the P4 Server file types and their meanings.	Base file types and modifiers
`p4 help graph-depot`	Lists the commands for graph depots. A depot of type graph is used to store Git repos in the P4 Server.	Git repo commands and Work with Git in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help jobview`	Describes P4 Server job views.	p4 jobs
`p4 help legal`	Lists the third-party software licenses that P4 Server uses.	License statements
`p4 help -l legal`	Lists the third-party software licenses that the local client (such as P4V) uses.	License statements
`p4 help networkaddress`	Help on network address syntax.	P4PORT
p4 help realtime	Describes and lists the current P4 Server real-time performance counters.	p4 monitor realtime in p4 monitor
`p4 help replication`	Describes specialized replication topics.	Deployment architecture in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help revisions`	Describes file revisions and revision ranges.	File specifications
p4 help server-resources	Describes how the P4 Server monitors CPU and memory pressure and temporarily pauses incoming commands to smooth load and prevent system overload.	System resources in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help simple`	Provides short descriptions of some basic commands.	p4 client, p4 add, p4 edit, ...
`p4 help streamintro`	Explains what streams are and the commands typically used with streams.	Tutorial and Streams
`p4 help usage`	Lists the six options available with all P4 Server commands.	Global options
`p4 help views`	Describes the meaning of P4 Server 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 P4 Server configuration	`p4 info`
To review a list of commands for depots of type graph for the git data model	p4 help-graph (graph)