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P4 CLI Documentation | 2026.1

# 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.
`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)

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