# Mix v1.10.3 mix help View Source

Lists all tasks and aliases or prints the documentation for a given task or alias.

## Arguments

    mix help                  - prints all aliases, tasks and their short descriptions
    mix help ALIAS            - prints the definition for the given alias
    mix help TASK             - prints full docs for the given task
    mix help --search PATTERN - prints all tasks and aliases that contain PATTERN in the name
    mix help --names          - prints all task names and aliases
                                (useful for autocompleting)

## Colors

When possible, `mix help` is going to use coloring for formatting guides. The formatting can be customized by configuring the Mix application either inside your project (in `config/config.exs`) or by using the local config (in `~/.mix/config.exs`).

For example, to disable color, one may use the configuration:

    [mix: [colors: [enabled: false]]]

The available color options are:

- `:enabled` - shows ANSI formatting (defaults to `IO.ANSI.enabled?/0`)
- `:doc_code` - the attributes for code blocks (cyan, bright)
- `:doc_inline_code` - inline code (cyan)
- `:doc_headings` - h1 and h2 (yellow, bright)
- `:doc_title` - the overall heading for the output (reverse, yellow, bright)
- `:doc_bold` - (bright)
- `:doc_underline` - (underline)