# Getting help/possible commands for rake? e.g. options for

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-help-possible-commands-for-rake-e-g-options-for/105638>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 31, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-help-possible-commands-for-rake-e-g-options-for/105638 "2007-05-31T22:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-help-possible-commands-for-rake-e-g-options-for/105638/1 "2007-05-31T22:26:10Z")

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Hi,

What’s the syntax for getting help/list of commands available for rake  
(within a RoRs application). For example:

- what commands are possible (e.g. db:migrate)?
- how to get an overview / list of options for a command?

For example getting full list of options for db:migrate, I’ve tried  
“rake  
db:migrate --version” and this doesn’t seem to do it.

Tks

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-help-possible-commands-for-rake-e-g-options-for/105638/2 "2007-05-31T22:31:11Z")

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On 31-May-07, at 4:25 PM, Greg H. wrote:

> Tks

Greg - “rake --tasks”

Jodi

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-help-possible-commands-for-rake-e-g-options-for/105638/3 "2007-06-01T01:38:28Z")

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thanks Jodi

Is there an additional rake help available for each task? e.g. rake  
  
–help? Perhaps there isn’t from what I can tell?

Tks  
Greg