github.com/keltia/go-ipfs@v0.3.8-0.20150909044612-210793031c63/cmd/ipfs/README.md (about)

     1  # [go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs](http://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/tree/master/cmd/ipfs)
     2  
     3  ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/logo/master/ipfs-logo-text-256-ice.png)
     4  
     5  This is the ipfs commandline tool. For now, it's the main entry point to using IPFS.
     6  
     7  
     8  ## Install from source
     9  
    10  ```
    11  go install
    12  ipfs
    13  ```
    14  
    15  ## Install from [gobuilder.me](https://gobuilder.me/)
    16  
    17  If you're viewing this in [gobuilder](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs), chose the binary that suits you best at the end of this page. Download it, unzip it, and move the binary into place.
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    19  ## Usage
    20  
    21  ```sh
    22  # initialize an ipfs node
    23  ipfs init
    24  
    25  # list some commands
    26  ipfs
    27  
    28  # get help
    29  ipfs <subcmd> --help
    30  ```