Lxc help is missing lxc init

LXD
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lxc help is missing lxc init:

# lxc --help
Description:
  Command line client for LXD

  All of LXD's features can be driven through the various commands below.
  For help with any of those, simply call them with --help.

Usage:
  lxc [command]

Available Commands:
  alias       Manage command aliases
  cluster     Manage cluster members
  config      Manage instance and server configuration options
  console     Attach to instance consoles
  copy        Copy instances within or in between LXD servers
  delete      Delete instances and snapshots
  exec        Execute commands in instances
  export      Export instance backups
  file        Manage files in instances
  help        Help about any command
  image       Manage images
  import      Import instance backups
  info        Show instance or server information
  launch      Create and start instances from images
  list        List instances
  move        Move instances within or in between LXD servers
  network     Manage and attach instances to networks
  operation   List, show and delete background operations
  profile     Manage profiles
  project     Manage projects
  publish     Publish instances as images
  remote      Manage the list of remote servers
  rename      Rename instances and snapshots
  restart     Restart instances
  restore     Restore instances from snapshots
  snapshot    Create instance snapshots
  start       Start instances
  stop        Stop instances
  storage     Manage storage pools and volumes
  version     Show local and remote versions
  warning     Manage warnings

Flags:
      --all            Show less common commands
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number

Use "lxc [command] --help" for more information about a command.
3

lxc --help --all is what you’re looking for.

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Thanks! But this output is not that much longer than the one above?

# lxc --help --all
Description:
  Command line client for LXD

  All of LXD's features can be driven through the various commands below.
  For help with any of those, simply call them with --help.

Usage:
  lxc [command]

Available Commands:
  alias       Manage command aliases
  cluster     Manage cluster members
  config      Manage instance and server configuration options
  console     Attach to instance consoles
  copy        Copy instances within or in between LXD servers
  delete      Delete instances and snapshots
  exec        Execute commands in instances
  export      Export instance backups
  file        Manage files in instances
  help        Help about any command
  image       Manage images
  import      Import instance backups
  info        Show instance or server information
  init        Create instances from images
  launch      Create and start instances from images
  list        List instances
  manpage     Generate manpages for all commands
  monitor     Monitor a local or remote LXD server
  move        Move instances within or in between LXD servers
  network     Manage and attach instances to networks
  operation   List, show and delete background operations
  pause       Pause instances
  profile     Manage profiles
  project     Manage projects
  publish     Publish instances as images
  query       Send a raw query to LXD
  remote      Manage the list of remote servers
  rename      Rename instances and snapshots
  restart     Restart instances
  restore     Restore instances from snapshots
  snapshot    Create instance snapshots
  start       Start instances
  stop        Stop instances
  storage     Manage storage pools and volumes
  version     Show local and remote versions
  warning     Manage warnings

Flags:
      --all            Show less common commands
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number

Use "lxc [command] --help" for more information about a command.
5

What LXD version?

6

5.0.1

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If we’d only show all the commands we’d gain 5 lines but loose the one about --all.
:grin:

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Yeah im not sure what the reason is for --all.

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IIRC, that was done to not clutter the --help with rarely used commands. Now what is rarely used is debatable :wink:

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Keeping things simple should not be sacrificed. Especially for 4-5 lines less output. It is by no means less cluttered, it is simply less complete. :wink:

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