PIP-LIST(1)

📦 version 22.3.1, in centos-stream 9

💖 pip-list(1) — the pip list glow-up guide 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for pip-list, from the pip manual (section 1, iykyk) — literally the description of the pip list command, and it's about to be your new fave ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pip-list — the description of the pip list command. that's it, that's the vibe 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so pip list lists your installed packages, including editables 🫶

and the way it sorts? case-insensitive sorted order. so clean, so demure, no cap 😌

✨ USAGE ✨

python -m pip list [options]

that's the whole summoning ritual, periodt 🔥

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay here's the part where we go through every single flag, no skipping, because we don't gatekeep here 💖

  • -o, --outdated — lists the outdated packages 👀 (your packages could never, but sometimes they do)
  • -u, --uptodate — lists the uptodate packages ✨ the ones that ate and left no crumbs
  • -e, --editable — lists editable projects 🛠️
  • -l, --local — if you're in a virtualenv that has global access, this says do not list globally-installed packages 🚫🌍 she stays local, she stays in her lane
  • --user — only outputs packages installed in user-site 🙋‍♀️ just the user ones
  • --path <path> — restricts the listing to the specified installation path for listing packages (and yes, it can be used multiple times 🔁 stack 'em)
  • --pre — includes pre-release and development versions 🧪 because by default, pip only finds stable versions — she's picky like that
  • --format <list_format> — picks the output format from: columns (the default 💅), freeze, or json 🧚
  • --not-required — lists packages that are not dependencies of installed packages 🕵️‍♀️ the independent main characters
  • --exclude-editable — excludes editable packages from the output 🙈
  • --include-editable — includes editable packages in the output 🫶
  • --exclude <package> — excludes the specified package from the output ✂️ bye bestie

👑 AUTHOR 👑

pip developers 💜

The pip developers 🎀

lowkey a whole serve of a manpage, ngl 🍓

version 22.3 · dated Jun 25, 2025 · that's the sign-off bestie, mwah 💋✨🦋

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