PIP-HELP(1)

NAME
pip-help - description of pip help command

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DESCRIPTION

Show help for commands

USAGE

python -m pip help <command>

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Show help.

--isolated
    Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user configuration.

-v, --verbose
    Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times.

-V, --version
    Show version and exit.

-q, --quiet
    Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).

--log <path>
    Path to a verbose appending log.

--no-input
    Disable prompting for input.

--proxy <proxy>
    Specify a proxy in the form [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.

--retries <retries>
    Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (default 5 times).

--timeout <sec>
    Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).

--exists-action <action>
    Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort.

--trusted-host <hostname>
    Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS.

--cert <path>
    Path to alternate CA bundle.

--client-cert <path>
    Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format.

--cache-dir <dir>
    Store the cache data in <dir>.

--no-cache-dir
    Disable the cache.

--disable-pip-version-check
    Don't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version of pip is available for download. Implied with --no-index.

--no-color
    Suppress colored output.

--no-python-version-warning
    Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.

--use-feature <feature>
    Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.

--use-deprecated <feature>
    Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the future.

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