nushell/docs/commands/help.md

---
title: help
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---

Display help information about commands.

## Signature

```> help ...rest --find```

## Parameters

 -  `...rest`: the name of command to get help on
 -  `--find {string}`: string to find in command usage

## Examples

show all commands and sub-commands
```shell
> help commands
```

generate documentation
```shell
> help generate_docs
```

show help for single command
```shell
> help match
```

show help for single sub-command
```shell
> help str lpad
```

search for string in command usage
```shell
> help --find char
```