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1---
2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4Long: help
5Arg: <category>
6Short: h
7Help: Get help for commands
8Category: important curl
9Added: 4.0
10Multi: custom
11See-also:
12  - verbose
13Example:
14  - --help all
15---
16
17# `--help`
18
19Usage help. List all curl command line options within the given **category**.
20
21If no argument is provided, curl displays the most important command line
22arguments.
23
24For category **all**, curl displays help for all options.
25
26If **category** is specified, curl displays all available help categories.
27