Magento 2 Useful CLI/SSH Commands List

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If you have just started working on Magento 2 CMS or are working with it for quite a few times, you must know these useful CLI/SSH commands that will help you complete certain tasks at ease.

Magento CLI/SSH command can come really handy when you have to clean cache, Enable – disabling cache, run cron, Data indexing, and various other tasks. To run these SSH commands, you need to have SSh access to your server, or you can use the command line for local access.

So, to save your most precious thing – time – we would like to suggest all the developers and other interested people to bookmark this post. This is a compilation of all the useful SSH/CLI commands for Magento2.

Command description	Command	Shortcodes
Displays help for a command	php bin/magento help (command)	php bin/magento h
Check the list of all commands – This will help list all the commands for Magento2	php bin/magento list	php bin/magento
To clean cache	php bin/magento cache:clean	php bin/magento c:c
To disable cache	php bin/magento cache:disable	php bin/magento c:d
To enable cache	php bin/magento cache:enable	php bin/magento c:e
To flush or refresh cache	php bin/magento cache:flush	php bin/magento c:f
To check the status of the cache	php bin/magento cache:status	php bin/magento c:s
To create user in Magento	php bin/magento admin:user:create	php bin/magento a:u:c
To unlock your admin account	php bin/magento admin:user:unlock	php bin/magento a:u:u
To create the dump of the application	php bin/magento app:config:dump
To import data from shared files to appropriate data storage	php bin/magento app:config:import
To resize an image	php bin/magento catalog:images:resize	php bin/magento c:i:r
To remove unused product attribute	php bin/magento catalog:product:attribute:cleanup	php bin/magento c:p:a:c
To set sensitive configuration values	php bin/magento config:sensitive:set
To change system configuration	php bin/magento config:set
To show configuration value for given path. If path not specified, then all values will be shown	php bin/magento config:show
To generate and install crontab for current user	php bin/magento cron:install
To remove the tasks from crontab	php bin/magento cron:remove
To run jobs as per schedule	php bin/magento cron:run	php bin/magento c:r
To upgrade customer’s hash according to the latest algorithm	php bin/magento customer:hash:upgrade	php bin/magento c:h:u
To set application mode	php bin/magento deploy:mode:set	php bin/magento d:m:set
To display current application mode	php bin/magento deploy:mode:show	php bin/magento d:m:sho
To get information on dependency injection configuration for the command	php bin/magento dev:di:info
To disable DB query logging	php bin/magento dev:query-log:disable
To enable DB query logging	php bin/magento dev:query-log:enable
To collect and publish source files for the theme.	php bin/magento dev:source-theme:deploy	php bin/magento d:s:d
To disable frontend template hints. A cache flush required.	php bin/magento dev:template-hints:disable
To enable frontend template hints. A cache flush required.	php bin/magento dev:template-hints:enable
To runs tests	php bin/magento dev:tests:run	php bin/magento d:t:r
To generates the catalog of URNs to *.xsd mappings for the IDE to highlight xml.	php bin/magento dev:urn-catalog:generate	php bin/magento d:u:g
To convert XML file using XSL style sheets	php bin/magento dev:xml:convert	php bin/magento d:x:c
To shows allowed Indexers	php bin/magento indexer:info	php bin/magento i:i
To reindexes Data	php bin/magento indexer:reindex	php bin/magento i:rei
To reset indexer status to invalid	php bin/magento indexer:reset	php bin/magento i:res
To set index mode type	php bin/magento indexer:set-mode	php bin/magento i:set
To show index mode	php bin/magento indexer:show-mode	php bin/magento i:sho
To shows status of indexer	php bin/magento indexer:status	php bin/magento i:sta
To discover phrases in the codebase	php bin/magento i18n:collect-phrases	php bin/magento i1:c
To saves language package	php bin/magento i18n:pack	php bin/magento i1:p
To uninstall language packages	php bin/magento i18n:uninstall	php bin/magento i1:u
Displays the Magento Admin URI	php bin/magento info:adminuri	php bin/magento i:a
Prints list of available backup files	php bin/magento info:backups:list	php bin/magento i:b:l
Displays the list of available currencies	php bin/magento info:currency:list	php bin/magento i:c:l
Shows number of dependencies on Magento framework	php bin/magento info:dependencies:show-framework	php bin/magento i:d:show-f
Shows number of dependencies between modules	php bin/magento info:dependencies:show-modules
Shows number of circular dependencies between modules	php bin/magento info:dependencies:show-modules-circular
Displays the list of available language locales	php bin/magento info:language:list	php bin/magento i:l:l
Displays the list of available timezones	php bin/magento info:timezone:list	php bin/magento i:t:l
Sets maintenance mode exempt IPs	php bin/magento maintenance:allow-ips	php bin/magento m:a
Disables maintenance mode	php bin/magento maintenance:disable	php bin/magento ma:d
Enables maintenance mode	php bin/magento maintenance:enable	php bin/magento ma:e
Displays maintenance mode status	php bin/magento maintenance:status	php bin/magento ma:s
Disables specified modules	php bin/magento module:disable	php bin/magento mo:d
Enables specified modules	php bin/magento module:enable	php bin/magento mo:e
Displays status of modules	php bin/magento module:status	php bin/magento mo:s
Uninstalls modules installed by composer	php bin/magento module:uninstall	php bin/magento m:u
Deploy sample data modules	php bin/magento sampledata:deploy	php bin/magento sa:d
Remove all sample data packages from composer.json	php bin/magento sampledata:remove	php bin/magento sa:rem
Reset all sample data modules for re-installation	php bin/magento sampledata:reset	php bin/magento sa:res
Takes backup of Magento Application code base, media and database	php bin/magento setup:backup	php bin/magento s:b
Creates or modifies the deployment configuration	php bin/magento setup:config:set	php bin/magento s:c:s
Runs cron job scheduled for setup application	php bin/magento setup:cron:run	php bin/magento s:c:r
Installs and upgrades data in the DB	php bin/magento setup:db-data:upgrade	php bin/magento s:db-d:u
Installs and upgrades the DB schema	php bin/magento setup:db-schema:upgrade	php bin/magento s:db-s:u
Checks if DB schema or data requires upgrade	php bin/magento setup:db:status	php bin/magento s:d:s
Generates DI configuration and all missing classes that can be auto-generated	php bin/magento setup:di:compile	php bin/magento s:d:c
Installs the Magento application	php bin/magento setup:install	php bin/magento s:i
Generates fixtures	php bin/magento setup:performance:generate-fixtures	php bin/magento s:p:g
Rolls back Magento Application codebase, media and database	php bin/magento setup:rollback	php bin/magento se:r
Deploys static view files	php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy	php bin/magento s:s:d
Installs the store configuration. Deprecated since 2.2.0. Use config:set instead	php bin/magento setup:store-config:set	php bin/magento s:s:s
Uninstalls the Magento application	php bin/magento setup:uninstall	php bin/magento s:un
Upgrades the Magento application, DB data, and schema	php bin/magento setup:upgrade	php bin/magento s:up
Displays the list of stores	php bin/magento store:list
Displays the list of websites	php bin/magento store:website:list
Uninstalls theme	php bin/magento theme:uninstall	php bin/magento t:u
Generates varnish VCL and echos it to the command line	php bin/magento varnish:vcl:generate

So, this was it for the day. To learn more about commands, you can check the Official Guide from Magento. We hope that this will help you save a lot more time so that you can focus more on your work.

If you find that some of the commands are missing, then do let us know in the comments below. Also, please share this with your Magento colleagues and partners.

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