Command line tool (kubectl) — Syntax
Use the following syntax to run kubectl commands from your terminal window where command, TYPE, NAME, and flags are command: Specifies the operation that you want to perform on one or more resources, for example create, get, describe, delete.
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Use the following syntax to run kubectl commands from your terminal window
where command, TYPE, NAME, and flags are
command: Specifies the operation that you want to perform on one or more resources, for example create, get, describe, delete.
TYPE: Specifies the resource type. Resource types are case-insensitive and you can specify the singular, plural, or abbreviated forms. For example, the following commands produce the same output
NAME: Specifies the name of the resource. Names are case-sensitive. If the name is omitted, details for all resources are displayed, for example kubectl get pods.
When performing an operation on multiple resources, you can specify each resource by type and name or specify one or more files
To specify resources by type and name
To specify resources with one or more files: -f file1 -f file2 -f file
flags: Specifies optional flags. For example, you can
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