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help (command)
In computing, help is a command in various command line shells such as
COMMAND.COM,cmd.exe, Bash, qshell, 4DOS/4NT, Windows PowerShell, Singularity shell, Python, MATLAB1 and GNU Octave.2 It provides online information about available commands and the shell environment.3Printed 2026-06-28.
Link to original Footnotes
“Help for functions in Command Window - MATLAB help”. www.mathworks.com. ↩
“Function Reference: help”. octave.sourceforge.io. ↩
“Microsoft TechNet Help article”. 11 September 2009. ↩
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