🤔What is pyRevit CLI?

The pyRevit CLI (Command Line Interface) is a powerful tool that helps you manage pyRevit, its extensions, clones, and configurations, all from a cmd terminal.

Think of it as a 🎮remote control that you can use without opening Revit. It can help you save a lot of time and get more control over pyRevit deployment.

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• Click on Window's Search

• Type: 'cmd'

• Click on Command Prompt

Once you are in the terminal you can start using various commands available on your machine including pyRevit.

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If you have pyRevit tab in Revit, then you also have pyrevit cli. To verify, open the cmd terminal and type 'pyrevit' (all lower-case)

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✅If installed: you will get overview of pyrevit cli commands:

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❌If not, then you will see a message:
​['pyrevit' is not recognized as an internal or external command...]

🧑‍🚒As you can see, nothing is on fire🔥 nor broken.

Don't be afraid to try it out right now.

cmd Commands

Before we dive into pyrevit cli I want to mention a few commands in cmd terminal.

There are a lot more commands, but you will find these really useful right away.

pyRevit CLI commands

So, you have a list of all pyrevit cli commands, but you have no idea how to use them... Don't worry, you can easily learn it right in the terminal with options.

Options are extra settings that allow you to control how a command runs. They typically start with single(-) or double(--) dashes. It works like this:

For example, let's say that you want to learn more on how to use 'clone' command. Then you would type this to get more help:

Now you have an example on how to use it and explanation about required Arguments and Options. And now you can try it out.

💡If still in doubt: copy-paste Terminal output into ChatGPT and ask it for help. It can help you navigate and provide correct arguments.

P.S.

I highly recommend you to check the podcast to see how Jean-Marc uses it, it will make it x10 times easier for you to begin.

During the pod, we talk about :

• pyRevit News

• pyRevit PreFlight Checks

• Jean-Marc's Programming Journey

• And of course pyRevit CLI

There are more topics, but these are the big ones. The conversation about CLI starts at 49:25

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🎙️Enjoy the Show!