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docs	Commands (CLI)	docs-commands	Vault can be controlled via a command-line interface. This page documents all the commands Vault accepts.

Vault Commands (CLI)

Vault is controlled via a very easy to use command-line interface (CLI). Vault is only a single command-line application: vault. This application then takes a subcommand such as "read" or "write". The complete list of subcommands is in the navigation to the left.

The Vault CLI is a well-behaved command line application. In erroneous cases, a non-zero exit status will be returned. It also responds to -h and --help as you'd most likely expect.

To view a list of the available commands at any time, just run Vault with no arguments. To get help for any specific subcommand, run the subcommand with the -h argument.