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6 pip-help - description of pip help command
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9 Show help for commands
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13 python -m pip help <command>
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16 -h, --help
17 Show help.
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19 --isolated
20 Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and
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23 -v, --verbose
24 Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3
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27 -V, --version
28 Show version and exit.
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31 Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3
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35 --log <path>
36 Path to a verbose appending log.
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39 Disable prompting for input.
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41 --proxy <proxy>
42 Specify a proxy in the form [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
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45 Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (de‐
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49 Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
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51 --exists-action <action>
52 Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore,
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56 Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does
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60 Path to PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. If provided, over‐
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65 Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the
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69 Store the cache data in <dir>.
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72 Disable the cache.
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74 --disable-pip-version-check
75 Don't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version
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79 Suppress colored output.
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82 Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.
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85 Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.
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88 Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the fu‐
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