Commands/help
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help
Aliases |
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Restrictions |
None |
First introduced |
Java Edition 1.3.1 (12w17a) |
Provides help/lists of commands.
Contents
Syntax[edit]
- Java Edition
help
- Lists all commands.
help <command>
- Shows usages for one command.
- Bedrock Edition
help <command: CommandName>
- Shows usages for one command.
help [page: int]
- Lists all commands.
Arguments[edit]
JE: <command>
: string
BE: command: CommandName
: basic_string
- Must be a string. In Java Edition, it must be a greedy phrase (taking the rest of the command as the string argument). In Bedrock Edition, it must be a single word (no spaces).
- Specifies the command name to provide help for. In Java Edition, entering more specific parameters of that command is allowed.
- Must be a 32-bit integer number. And it must be between -2147483648 and 2147483647 (inclusive).
- Specifies the page number of the command list. Numbers less than 1 or greater than the total number of pages are treated as 1 or the last page respectively.
Result[edit]
Command | Trigger | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition |
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any | the arguments are not specified correctly | Unparseable | Failed |
/help <command> | the specified command name is invalid | Failed | |
any | On success | Displays the usage of command(s). |
Output[edit]
Command | Edition | Situation | Success Count | /execute store success ... | /execute store result ... |
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any | Java Edition | On fail | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On success | 1 | 1 | the number of listed command usages | ||
Bedrock Edition | On fail | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
On success | 1 | N/A | N/A |
Note[edit]
Multiplayer commands are not displayed while in singleplayer, even when open to LAN players.
In Java Edition, for some complicated commands may show only the basic usage; additional information can be supplied by entering more specific parameters of that command.
Examples[edit]
- To display (the first page of[Bedrock Edition only]) the command list:
/help
. - To display the usage for the
/give
command:/help give
. - To display the usage for the
add
section of the/scoreboard
command:/help scoreboard add
.
History[edit]
Java Edition | |||||
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1.3.1 | 12w17a | Added /help . | |||
1.9 | 16w02a | Running /help in a command block now randomly uses a humorous phrase as the output. | |||
1.13 | ? | Running /help in a command block no longer shows a humorous phrase as the output. | |||
? | /help is no longer split into pages. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.16.0 | build 1 | Added /help . |