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# app2container help command
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Lists the commands for App2Container, grouped into the phases where they would normally run.

**Note**  
Commands are shown in alphabetical order within the phases where they run. For example, in the *Analyze* phase, you would run the **inventory** command first, then the **analyze** command. Utility commands are included after the containerization phases.

## Syntax
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```
app2container help
```

## Parameters and options
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None

## Output
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The list of app2container commands.

## Examples
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```
app2container help
App2Container is an application from Amazon Web Services (AWS),
that provides commands to discover and containerize applications.

Commands
  Getting Started
    init                  Sets up workspace for artifacts

  Analyze
    analyze               Analyzes the selected application to identify dependencies required for containerization
    inventory             Lists all applications that can be containerized
    
  Transform
    containerize          Generates Dockerfile, container images, and deployment metadata
    extract               Creates an archive of application artifacts for containerization

  Deploy
    generate              Generates ECS, EKS, or Pipeline artifacts

  Settings
    upgrade               Upgrades app2container CLI to latest version
    upload-support-bundle Uploads user's app2container logs and supporting artifacts to the support team

Flags
      --debug     enable debug logging
  -h, --help      help for app2container
      --version   version for app2container
```