Django Management Commands Get list of existing commands
Example
You can get list of available commands by following way:
>>> python manage.py help
If you don't understand any command or looking for optional arguments then you can use -h argument like this
>>> python manage.py command_name -h
Here command_name will be your desire command name, this will show you help text from the command.
>>> python manage.py runserver -h
>>> usage: manage.py runserver [-h] [--version] [-v {0,1,2,3}]
[--settings SETTINGS] [--pythonpath PYTHONPATH]
[--traceback] [--no-color] [--ipv6] [--nothreading]
[--noreload] [--nostatic] [--insecure]
[addrport]
Starts a lightweight Web server for development and also serves static files.
positional arguments:
addrport Optional port number, or ipaddr:port
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-v {0,1,2,3}, --verbosity {0,1,2,3}
Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output,
2=verbose output, 3=very verbose output
--settings SETTINGS The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
"myproject.settings.main". If this isn't provided, the
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will be
used.
--pythonpath PYTHONPATH
A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
"/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
--traceback Raise on CommandError exceptions
--no-color Don't colorize the command output.
--ipv6, -6 Tells Django to use an IPv6 address.
--nothreading Tells Django to NOT use threading.
--noreload Tells Django to NOT use the auto-reloader.
--nostatic Tells Django to NOT automatically serve static files
at STATIC_URL.
--insecure Allows serving static files even if DEBUG is False.
