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Commands

Rashil Gandhi edited this page Sep 15, 2022 · 6 revisions

Information on Scoop's commands is built-in. If you use Git you should find the help interface familiar.

To see a list of commands, run:

scoop help

To see help on a specific command, run:

scoop help <command>

The current commands are (output from scoop help):

alias      Manage scoop aliases
bucket     Manage Scoop buckets
cache      Show or clear the download cache
cat        Show content of specified manifest. If available, `bat` will be used to pretty-print the JSON.
checkup    Check for potential problems
cleanup    Cleanup apps by removing old versions
config     Get or set configuration values
create     Create a custom app manifest
depends    List dependencies for an app, in the order they'll be installed
download   Download apps in the cache folder and verify hashes
export     Exports installed apps, buckets (and optionally configs) in JSON format
help       Show help for a command
hold       Hold an app to disable updates
home       Opens the app homepage
import     Imports apps, buckets and configs from a Scoopfile in JSON format
info       Display information about an app
install    Install apps
list       List installed apps
prefix     Returns the path to the specified app
reset      Reset an app to resolve conflicts
search     Search available apps
shim       Manipulate Scoop shims
status     Show status and check for new app versions
unhold     Unhold an app to enable updates
uninstall  Uninstall an app
update     Update apps, or Scoop itself
virustotal Look for app's hash or url on virustotal.com
which      Locate a shim/executable (similar to 'which' on Linux)