How to get the description of a command without running it, using its name?-CodePudding

If I use a command like this one:

class ImportFilesCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
    protected function configure()
    {
        $this
            ->setDescription('A text describing my command.')
            ->setName('app:import:files')
            );
    }

Is it possible to get the description 'A text describing my command.' using the name of the command app:import:files, without executing the command?

I would use this inside a controller.

CodePudding user response：

This code works from a controller:

$application = new Application($this->get('kernel'));
$description = $application->find('app:import:files')->getDescription();

CodePudding user response：

You can simply call bin/console list which will show all available commands and their descriptions, from there you can just match the name of the command.

Or you can use the --help flag

bin/console app:import:files --help