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Display help about resource types

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SYNOPSIS

Prints help about Puppet resource types, providers, and metaparameters.

USAGE

puppet describe [-h|--help] [-s|--short] [-p|--providers] [-l|--list] [-m|--meta]

OPTIONS

--help

Print this help text

--providers

Describe providers in detail for each type

--list

List all types

--meta

List all metaparameters

--short

List only parameters without detail

EXAMPLE

$ puppet describe --list
$ puppet describe file --providers
$ puppet describe user -s -m

AUTHOR

David Lutterkort

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License