{"id":287,"date":"2010-11-25T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2010\/11\/25\/basic-perforce-command\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:39:43","slug":"basic-perforce-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/basic-perforce-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Perforce Command – P4 Command Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Command<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n

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Description<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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p4 add<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Open file(s) in a client workspace for addition to the depot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 admin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Perform administrative operations on the server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 branch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a branch specification and its view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 change<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a changelist specification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 changelists<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
List submitted and pending changelists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 changelist<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a changelist specification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 client<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a client workspace specification and its view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 clients<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
List all client workspaces currently known to the system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 delete<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Open file(s) in a client workspace for deletion from the depot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 depot<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a depot specification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 depots<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Display a list of depots known to the Perforce server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 describe<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Provides information about changelists and the changelists\u2019 files.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 groups<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
List groups of users.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 group<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Add or delete users from a group, or set the maxresults, maxscanrows, and timeout limits for the members of a group.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 have<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
List files and revisions that have been synced to the client workspace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 info<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Display information about the current client and server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 integrate<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Open files for branching or merging.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 integrated<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Show integrations that have been submitted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 job<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a defect, enhancement request, or other job specification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 jobs<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
List jobs known to the Perforce server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 label<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a label specification and its view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 labels<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Display list of defined labels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 lock<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Lock an opened file against changelist submission.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 login<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Log in to a Perforce server by obtaining a ticket.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 logout<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Log out of a Perforce server by removing or invalidating a ticket.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 passwd<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Change a user\u2019s Perforce password on the server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 rename<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Renaming files under Perforce.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 resolve<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Resolve conflicts between file revisions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 revert<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Discard changes made to open files.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 set<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Set Perforce variables in the Windows registry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 submit<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Send changes made to open files to the depot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 sync<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Copy files from the depot into the workspace.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 tag<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Tag files with a label.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 triggers<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Edit a list of scripts to be run conditionally whenever changelists are submitted, forms are updated, or when integrating Perforce with external authentication mechanisms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 user<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit Perforce user specifications and preferences.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 users<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Print a list of all known users of the current server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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p4 verify<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Verify that the server archives are intact.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\n
p4 workspace<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Create or edit a client workspace specification and its view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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