/help

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Provides help/lists of commands.

Usage

Commands that the executor cannot use (due to permission level or other restrictions) are not displayed.

In Java Edition, some complicated commands may show only the basic usage; additional information can be supplied by entering more specific parameters of that command.

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: enum

Specifies the command name to provide help for.

In Java Edition:

Must be a string. And it is a greedy phrase (taking the rest of the command as the string argument). Entering more specific parameters of that command is allowed.

In Bedrock Edition:

Must be a valid command name.

BE: page: int: int

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.

Must be a [Int]32-bit integer number (from -2147483648 (-2³¹) to 2147483647 (2³¹-1) ). And it must be between -2147483648 and 2147483647 (inclusive).

Result

Output

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

Bedrock Edition

References

External links

• "/help Command" – Microsoft Learn, October 11, 2023.

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