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rails console — Interact with a Rails application. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.ht

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Problem

How to use the rails console command: Interact with a Rails application. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#bin-rails-console>.

Solution

rails console — Interact with a Rails application. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#bin-rails-console>.

Start the Rails console:

rails console

Start the Rails console and roll back all data modifications on exit:

rails console {{[-s|--sandbox]}}

Start the Rails console on a specified environment:

rails console {{[-e|--environment]}} {{dev|test|production|...}}

Display help:

rails console {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Start the Rails console

rails console

Start the Rails console and roll back all data modifications on exit

rails console {{[-s|--sandbox]}}

Start the Rails console on a specified environment

rails console {{[-e|--environment]}} {{dev|test|production|...}}

Display help

rails console {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/rails console

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