PUPPET-DESCRIBE(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-DESCRIBE(8)

puppet-describe - Display help about resource types

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

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

Print this help text
Describe providers in detail for each type
List all types
List all metaparameters
List only parameters without detail

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

David Lutterkort

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