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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
: 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.
- 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 32-bit integer number. And it must be between -2147483648 and 2147483647 (inclusive).
Result[]
Command | Trigger | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition |
---|---|---|---|
/help <command: CommandName> | the arguments are not specified correctly | N/A | Unparseable |
/help [page: int] | the arguments are not specified correctly | ||
/help <command> | <command> is invalid | Failed | N/A |
any | Otherwise | Successful |
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[]
Commands that the executor cannot use (due to permission level or other restriction) 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.
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 | |||||
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1.3.1 | 12w17a | Added /help and alias /? . | |||
1.9 | 16w02a | Running /help in a command block now randomly uses a humorous phrase as the output. | |||
1.13 | 17w45a | Running /help in a command block no longer shows a humorous phrase as the output.
| |||
/help is no longer split into pages. | |||||
Removed alias /? | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.16.0 | build 1 | Added /help . |