Drush

Drush is a command line shell and scripting interface for Drupal, a veritable Swiss Army knife designed to make life easier for those of us who spend some of our working hours hacking away at the command prompt.

Misc

• www.drush.org
• A list of modules that include Drush integration
• Drush is not a module, and does not participate in the usage statistics system at drupal.org
• Drush5 works with three versions of Drupal (6,7,8). Use Drush 4 for Drupal 5.

Install - Windows

There is a convenient Drush installer for Windows available on www.drush.org. This is drush5, since drush4 does not work with Windows.

Install - Unix/OSX

The easiest way to install the latest release of Drush on Unix/Linux systems is via our custom PEAR channel. (See below for Windows-specific instructions)

Tip: Use sudo to overcome permission problems. If the channel-discover fails, try running the following sequence of commands:

To get alternate drush versions, replace that last line with one of the below that matches your fancy.

• If you are using Debian or Ubuntu, you can alternatively use the Debian packages uploaded in your distribution. You may need to use the backports to get the latest version, if you are running a LTS or "stable" release.
• For advice on using Drush with your ISP, see the hosting section of the Resources page on drush.org.

Install - manual

Folks are welcome to just download (or git clone) and then configure their system manually. See README.txt.

History

Drush was originally developed by Arto for Drupal 4.7. In May 2007, it was partly rewritten and redesigned for Drupal 5 by frando. The module is now maintained by Moshe Weitzman, Owen Barton, greg.1.anderson, jonhattan, and Mark Sonnabaum.

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