This cheat sheet provides an overview of commands for the Salesforce CLI tool for interacting with orgs, migrating code and configuration, testing, managing data and metadata, packaging, and debugging. It lists the main command categories and includes examples of common commands such as logging in to an org, creating a scratch org, pushing and pulling source, running tests, querying data, and installing a package. The cheat sheet serves as a quick reference for the CLI's capabilities and command syntax.

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Salesforce CLI Cheat Sheet
All commands are in the force namespace, so you must prefix with ​sfdx force:​ - e.g. ​sfdx force:org:list
Most commands require a user or alias to be specified via the ​-u​ switch
SETUP AUTHENTICATION CONVERT
Create project Login to an org To source format
project:create -n ​dir auth:web:login {-a alias} mdapi:convert -r ​mdapiDir ​-d ​srcDir
Create scratch org Set default dev hub From source format
org:create -f ​config_file config:set defaultdevhubusername=​user source:convert -r ​srcDir ​-d ​mdapiDir
Generate password Set default scratch org
user:password:generate config:set defaultusername=​user TESTING
Delete scratch org List valid authenticated orgs Run single test
org:delete org:list apex:test:run -t ​class.method
List authenticated orgs Run all tests in class
MIGRATING CODE/CONFIG auth:list apex:test:run -t ​class
Push to scratch org Open an org Run all tests in org namespace
source:push org:open apex:test:run -l RunLocalTests
Pull from scratch org Logout of an org Run all tests in org
source:pull org:logout apex:test:run -l RunAllTestsInOrg
Deploy metadata Extract code coverage
mdapi:deploy -d ​dir DATA apex:test:run -c -r human
Retrieve metadata Create a record Run tests when deploying
mdapi:retrieve -r ​dir data:record:create -s ​sobject​ -v ​fields mdapi:deploy -l RunLocalTests
Cancel metadata deployment Update a record
mdapi:deploy:cancel -i ​jobid data:record:update​ ​-s ​sobject​ -i ​id​ -v ​fields OTHER
Retrieve a record Display limits
PACKAGING data:record:get -s ​sobject ​-i ​id limits:api:display
Create Package SOQL Query List debug logs
package:create -n ​name​ -t ​type ​-r ​dir data:soql:query​ ​-q ​query apex:log:list
Install Package Delete a record Retrieve debug log
package:install -p ​id/alias ​-k ​password data:record:delete​ ​-s ​sobject​ -i ​id apex:log:get -i ​logId ​-n ​lines
Create Package Version Bulk upsert Assign permission set
package:version:create -p ​id/alias​ -d ​dir
​-k ​password
data:bulk:upsert​ ​-s ​sobject​ -i ​externalId
-f ​file
user:permset:assign -n ​permsetname
-​u ​user ​-o ​users
Bulk delete Execute apex
data:bulk:delete -s ​sobject​ -f ​file apex:execute {-f ​apexFile​}
Bulk status
data:bulk:status -i ​jobId​ -b ​batchId
Keir Bowden, July 2019