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`multipass help` command

The multipass help command without an argument will list all the available commands with a brief explanation. It accepts a <command> argument to get detailed help for the command in question.

Sample output:

Usage: multipass [options] <command>
Create, control and connect to Ubuntu instances.

This is a command line utility for multipass, a
service that manages Ubuntu instances.

Options:
  -h, --help     Displays help on commandline options
  -v, --verbose  Increase logging verbosity. Repeat the 'v' in the short option
                 for more detail. Maximum verbosity is obtained with 4 (or more)
                 v's, i.e. -vvvv.

Available commands:
...

See our CLI reference for information on the available commands.

The --verbose option will increase its output verbosity and you can repeat it (up to three times) to get even more output. By default, only errors will be displayed, with -v warnings would be added, -vv enables informational messages and -vvv will print out debugging information.


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