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+## Help
+To list the help on any command just execute the command, followed by the `--help` option.
+
+    $ sudo docker run --help
+
+    Usage: docker run [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]
+
+    Run a command in a new container
+
+      -a, --attach=[]            Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR.
+      -c, --cpu-shares=0         CPU shares (relative weight)
+    ...
+
 ## Option types
 
 Single character commandline options can be combined, so rather than