PIP3-LIST(1)

✨ pip3-list(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to pip3-list(1) β€” it's the list command from pip, and it lives in the pip section of the manual. she's simple, she's iconic, she tells u what u already installed. let's go πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

pip3-list β€” description of pip3 list command 🫢


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

Lists installed packages, includin' editables. periodt.

Packages are listed in a case-insensitive sorted order. so like, she's alphabetically organized but she doesn't care about ur caps lock. very demure, very mindful. ✨


πŸŽ€ USAGE πŸŽ€

python -m pip list [options]

πŸ‘‘ OPTIONS πŸ‘‘

  • -o, --outdated β€” List outdated packages. (environment variable: PIP_OUTDATED) πŸ’€ the callout u didn't want
  • -u, --uptodate β€” List uptodate packages. (environment variable: PIP_UPTODATE) πŸ’– the good vibes only filter
  • -e, --editable β€” List editable projects. (environment variable: PIP_EDITABLE) 🧚
  • -l, --local β€” If ur in a virtualenv that has global access, do not list globally-installed packages. (environment variable: PIP_LOCAL) β€” keeps it local, literally
  • --user β€” Only output packages installed in user-site. (environment variable: PIP_USER) 🏠
  • --path <path> β€” Restrict to the specified installation path for listing packages (can be used multiple times). (environment variable: PIP_PATH) πŸ“
  • --format <list_format> β€” Select the output format among: columns (default), freeze, or json. The freeze format cannot be used with the --outdated option. (environment variable: PIP_FORMAT) πŸ”₯
bestie hear me: freeze + --outdated is a no. they do not mix. don't do it. πŸ’€
  • --not-required β€” List packages that are not dependencies of installed packages. (environment variable: PIP_NOT_REQUIRED) the main character packages, fr fr πŸ‘‘
  • --exclude-editable β€” Exclude editable package from output. (environment variable: PIP_EXCLUDE_EDITABLE) πŸ™ˆ
  • --include-editable β€” Include editable package in output. (environment variable: PIP_INCLUDE_EDITABLE) 🫢
  • --exclude <package> β€” Exclude specified package from the output. (environment variable: PIP_EXCLUDE) 🚫

⭐ Author ⭐

pip developers


The pip developers


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