Man Page: puppet describe
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NAME
puppet-describe - Display help about resource types
SYNOPSIS
Prints help about Puppet resource types, providers, and metaparameters.
USAGE
puppet describe [-h|--help] [-s|--short] [-p|--providers] [-l|--list] [-m|--meta]
OPTIONS
- --help
- Print this help text
- --providers
- Describe providers in detail for each type
- --list
- List all types
- --meta
- List all metaparameters
- --short
- List only parameters without detail
EXAMPLE
Copy
$ puppet describe --list
$ puppet describe file --providers
$ puppet describe user -s -m
AUTHOR
David Lutterkort
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Inc., LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License