59. Using the CLI
Once you have installed the CLI you can run it by typing spring
. If you run spring
without any arguments, a simple help screen is displayed:
$ spring usage: spring [--help] [--version] <command> [<args>] Available commands are: run [options] <files> [--] [args] Run a spring groovy script _... more command help is shown here_
You can use help
to get more details about any of the supported commands. For example:
$ spring help run spring run - Run a spring groovy script usage: spring run [options] <files> [--] [args] Option Description ------ ----------- --autoconfigure [Boolean] Add autoconfigure compiler transformations (default: true) --classpath, -cp Additional classpath entries -e, --edit Open the file with the default system editor --no-guess-dependencies Do not attempt to guess dependencies --no-guess-imports Do not attempt to guess imports -q, --quiet Quiet logging -v, --verbose Verbose logging of dependency resolution --watch Watch the specified file for changes
The version
command provides a quick way to check which version of Spring Boot you are using.
$ spring version Spring CLI v1.4.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT