Commands/help

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help

Aliases	/?
Restrictions	None
First introduced	Java Edition 1.3.1 (12w17a) PE Alpha 0.16.0 (PE Alpha 0.16.0 build 1)

Provides help/lists of commands.

Syntax

• 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

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.

BE: page: int: int

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

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable	Failed
/help <command> /help <command: CommandName>	the specified command name is invalid	Failed
any	On success	Displays the usage of command(s).

Output

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
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

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

• 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

Java Edition
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.

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