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P4 CLI Reference | 2025.1

# 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 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 | Meaning | Equivalent Topic, Chapter, or Manual
--- | --- | ---
`p4 help administration` | Help on specialized administration topics. | `p4 admin` topic
`p4 help charset` | Describes how to control Unicode translation. | P4CHARSET topic
`p4 help commands` | Lists all the Perforce commands. | Commands - alphabetical list
`p4 help configurables` | Describes the use of all of the server configuration variables. | Configurables chapter
`p4 help dvcs` | Describes decentralized version control with Perforce. | P4 Server Administration Documentation manual
`p4 help environment` | Lists the Perforce environment variables and their meanings. | Environment and registry variables chapter
`p4 help extension` | Mentions `p4 help serverextensionintro` and `p4 help clientextensionintro` | p4 extension topic and P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help filetypes` | Lists the Perforce filetypes and their meanings. | File types chapter
`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. | Commands for Git repos and Work with Git in P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help jobview` | Describes Perforce jobviews. | p4 jobs topic
`p4 help legal` | Lists the third-party software licenses that the server uses. | License statements topic
`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 topic
`p4 help replication` | Describes specialized replication topics. | Deployment architecture in the P4 Server Administration Documentation
`p4 help revisions` | Describes Perforce revision specifiers. | File specifications chapter
`p4 help simple` | Provides short descriptions of the eight most basic Perforce commands. | Basic tasks in the P4 CLI Documentation
`p4 help streamintro` | Explains what streams are and the commands typically used with streams. | streams-based Tutorial and Streams chapter in the P4 CLI Documentation
`p4 help usage` | Lists the six options available with all Perforce commands. | Global options chapter
`p4 help views` | Describes the meaning of Perforce views. | Views chapter

## 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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