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singularity-run-help - Show the user-defined help for an image

singularity run-help

The help text is from the '%help' section of the definition file. If you are
using the '--apps' option, the help text is instead from that app's '%apphelp'
section.

--app="" show the help for an app

-h, --help[=false] help for run-help


$ cat my_container.def
Bootstrap: docker
From: busybox
%help
Some help for this container
%apphelp foo
Some help for application 'foo' in this container
$ sudo singularity build my_container.sif my_container.def
Using container recipe deffile: my_container.def
[...snip...]
Cleaning up...
$ singularity run-help my_container.sif
Some help for this container
$ singularity run-help --app foo my_container.sif
Some help for application in this container

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21-Jul-2025 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

Jul 2025 Auto generated by spf13/cobra