The multipass help command without an argument will list all the available commands with a brief explanation. It accepts a <command> argument to get detailed help for the command in question.
$ multipass help
Usage: multipass [options] <command>
Create, control and connect to Ubuntu instances.
This is a command line utility for multipass, a
service that manages Ubuntu instances.
Options:
-h, --help Displays help on commandline options
-v, --verbose Increase logging verbosity. Repeat the 'v' in the short option
for more detail. Maximum verbosity is obtained with 4 (or more)
v's, i.e. -vvvv.
Available commands:
alias Create an alias
aliases List available aliases
authenticate Authenticate client
delete Delete instances
exec Run a command on an instance
find Display available images to create instances from
get Get a configuration setting
help Display help about a command
info Display information about instances
launch Create and start an Ubuntu instance
list List all available instances
mount Mount a local directory in the instance
networks List available network interfaces
purge Purge all deleted instances permanently
recover Recover deleted instances
restart Restart instances
set Set a configuration setting
shell Open a shell on a running instance
start Start instances
stop Stop running instances
suspend Suspend running instances
transfer Transfer files between the host and instances
umount Unmount a directory from an instance
unalias Remove an alias
version Show version details
Using the --help option has the same result.
--verbose passed to any command will increase its output verbosity and you can repeat it (up to three times) to get even more output. By default, only errors will be displayed, with -v warnings would be added, -vv enables informational messages and -vvv will print out debugging information.
See our Command-line reference for information on the other commands.