Inspecting tasks

View the tasks that you have installed and have permission to run, as well as the documentation for those tasks.

Log into your primary server or client tools workstation and run one of the following commands:

To check the documentation for a specific task: puppet task show <TASK>. The command returns the following:
- The command format for running the task
- Any parameters available to use with the task
To view a list of your permitted tasks: puppet task show
To view a list of all installed tasks pass the --all flag: puppet task show --all

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