Why don't 'pip show' or 'pip list' work for me?
The new functions you're looking for are very recent -- they're in 1.2.1.post1, but not in 1.2.1, and the docs you're probably looking at (http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/) are currently for 1.2.1.post1.
localhost-2:~ $ pip --version
pip 1.2.1.post1 from /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)
localhost-2:~ $ pip --help
Usage: pip COMMAND [OPTIONS]
Commands:
bundle Create pybundles (archives containing multiple packages)
freeze Output all currently installed packages (exact versions) to stdout
help Show available commands
install Install packages
list List installed packages (including editables).
search Search PyPI
show Output installed distributions (exact versions, files) to stdout
uninstall Uninstall packages
unzip Unzip individual packages
zip Zip individual packages
If you want them, you can get the development version:
git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip.git
Where are they documented? Mine doesn't show any such commands:
hd1 % pip help
Usage: pip COMMAND [OPTIONS]
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help Show help
-v, --verbose Give more output
-q, --quiet Give less output
--log <FILENAME> Log file where a complete (maximum verbosity) record will be kept
--proxy <PROXY> Specify a proxy in the form user:[email protected]:port. Note that the user:password@ is optional and required only if you are behind an authenticated proxy. If you provide
[email protected]:port then you will be prompted for a password.
--timeout <SECONDS> Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds)
--exists-action <EXISTS_ACTION>
Default action when a path already exists. Use this option more than one time to specify another action if a certain option is not available. Choices: (s)witch, (i)gnore,
(w)ipe, (b)ackup
Commands available:
bundle: Create pybundles (archives containing multiple packages)
freeze: Output all currently installed packages (exact versions) to stdout
help: Show available commands
install: Install packages
search: Search PyPI
uninstall: Uninstall packages
unzip: Unzip individual packages
zip: Zip individual packages