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Commands

Contao uses the Console component of Symfony and provides a few commands. To execute these commands locate the console executable in your project and append the subsequently documented commands.

php vendor/bin/contao-console <command-name>

You can get a list of all available commands like so:

php vendor/bin/contao-console list

By appending the --help argument to any command, a usage guide is printed to the shell.

php vendor/bin/contao-console contao:user:password --help

Description:
  Changes the password of a Contao back end user.

Usage:
  contao:user:password [options] [--] <username>

Arguments:
  username                 The username of the back end user

Options:
  -p, --password=PASSWORD  The new password
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Info

Detailed information about some commands can be found here.