jenkinsci/jenkins · error · AbortException

No such command %s. Available commands are above.

Error message

No such command %s. Available commands are above. 

What it means

Error "No such command %s. Available commands are above. " thrown in jenkinsci/jenkins.

Source

Thrown at core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/HelpCommand.java:83

    private int showAllCommands() {
        Map<String, CLICommand> commands = new TreeMap<>();
        for (CLICommand c : CLICommand.all())
            commands.put(c.getName(), c);

        for (CLICommand c : commands.values()) {
            stderr.println("  " + c.getName());
            stderr.println("    " + c.getShortDescription());
        }

        return 0;
    }

    private int showCommandDetails() throws Exception {
        CLICommand command = CLICommand.clone(this.command);
        if (command == null) {
            showAllCommands();
            throw new AbortException(String.format("No such command %s. Available commands are above. ", this.command));
        }

        command.printUsage(stderr, command.getCmdLineParser());

        return 0;
    }
}

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Solutions

1. Check the list of available commands printed above the error and use one of them.
2. Run 'help' with no arguments to list all commands your permissions allow.
3. Check for typos in the command name.

When it happens

Trigger: Raised when the help CLI command is given the name of a command that does not exist. Run 'help' with no arguments to list available commands.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of jenkinsci/jenkins@2e228ff40b (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/31d6e02979753c19. Report an issue: GitHub.