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PUPPET-HELP(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-HELP(8)

puppet-help - Display Puppet help.

puppet help action

Note that any setting that's valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument, although it may or may not be relevant to the present action. For example, server and run_mode are valid settings, so you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as an argument.

See the configuration file documentation at https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html for the full list of acceptable parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with --genconfig.

The format in which to render output. The most common formats are json, s (string), yaml, and console, but other options such as dot are sometimes available.
Whether to log verbosely.
Whether to log debug information.

SYNOPSIS
puppet help [--version VERSION] [subcommand] [action]
DESCRIPTION
Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions.
OPTIONS --version VERSION - The version of the subcommand for which to show help.
RETURNS
Short help text for the specified subcommand or action.

help

Get help for an action:

$ puppet help

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