Help for Salesforce CLI Commands

The -h | --help parameter shows details about Salesforce CLI topics and their commands.

For namespaces, the -h | --help parameter lists all topics in the namespace. For example, to see names and descriptions of all topics in the force namespace, run sfdx force -h.

For topics, the -h | --help parameter lists the commands and their descriptions. For example, to see all commands in the org topic, run sfdx force:org -h.

For commands, adding the -h | --help parameter shows parameters and usage information. For example, to see help for the org:create command, run sfdx force:org:create -h.

Help for commands has four parts.

Short Description of Command

At the top of the --help output (with no heading), a short description of the command is shown. For longer descriptions, see the Salesforce CLI Command Reference.
Usage

The command signature on the Usage line uses the docopt format.
- All available parameters are listed. Parameters that have short names are listed using their short names.
- Parameters that take a value show the value’s type (for example, <string>) in angle brackets immediately after the parameter’s name.
- Optional parameters are in square brackets ([ … ]).
- Required parameters have no annotation.
- For parameters that accept a limited set of values, the values are shown after the parameter name, separated by pipes (--parametername value1|value2|value3).
- Mutually exclusive options are shown in parentheses, separated by a pipe (( … | … )).
If the command takes varargs (name-value pairs that aren’t parameters), the usage signature includes name=value....

To see all Salesforce CLI commands, run sfdx commands.
Tip
Options

The Options section lists all the command’s parameters, including their short name, long name, and purpose. For parameters that accept a value, the value name is written after an equals sign (=). The equals sign is optional when you run the command—for example, you could run sfdx force:org:create -f=config/enterprise-scratch-def.json -a TestOrg1 or sfdx force:org:create -f config/enterprise-scratch-def.json -a TestOrg1 with the same results.

Parameters that accept a limited list of values include the values in parentheses, with the default value indicated by an asterisk (*).

For more information about the parameters, see the Salesforce CLI Command Reference.
Description

Usage notes and examples are below the list of parameters, in the Description section. This information is also available in the Salesforce CLI Command Reference.