help

Displays help on command usage

Applicability

Product	Command type
ClearCase®	cleartool subcommand
MultiSite	multitool subcommand
ClearCase Remote Client	rcleartool subcommand

Platform
UNIX®
Linux®
Windows®
Web

Synopsis

Display all usage messages:
h/elp
ClearCase and MultiSite—Display the usage message for a command:
h/elp command-name | command-name -help
ClearCase Remote Client—Display the usage message for a command:
command-name -help
ClearCase and MultiSite—Display the product information center:
h/elp –g/raphical

Description

This command does not require a product license.

The help command displays a usage message for all cleartool or multitool subcommands, or for one particular subcommand. You can also use help as a command option. For example:

cmd-context lsco –help

Options and arguments

–g/raphical: Invokes the product information center (that is, the help system).

Examples

Display a usage message for the checkout command.
cmd-context help checkout
Usage: checkout | co [-reserved | -unreserved] [-out dest-pname | -ndata] [-branch branch-pname | -version] [-c comment | -cfile pname | -cq | -cqe | -nc] pname ...
Display a usage message for the checkout command using the –help option.
cmd-context checkout -help
Usage: checkout | co [-reserved | -unreserved] [-out dest-pname | -ndata] [-branch branch-pname | -version] [-c comment | -cfile pname | -cq | -cqe | -nc] pname ...
(ClearCase on UNIX or Linux) Display a usage message for all cleartool commands, and redirect the output to a file for future reference.
cmd-context help > cleartool_cmd_summary