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Problem

How to use the ollama command: A large language model runner. For a list of available models, see <https://ollama.com/library>. More information: <https://docs.ollama.com/cli>.

Solution

ollama — A large language model runner. For a list of available models, see <https://ollama.com/library>. More information: <https://docs.ollama.com/cli>.

Start the daemon required to run other commands:

ollama serve

Run a model and chat with it:

ollama run {{model}}

Run a model with a single prompt and thinking turned off:

ollama run {{model}} --think=false "{{prompt}}"

List downloaded models:

ollama {{[ls|list]}}

Pull a specific model:

ollama pull {{model}}

List running models:

ollama ps

Delete a model:

ollama rm {{model}}

Create a model from a Modelfile:

ollama create {{new_model_name}} {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/Modelfile}}

Code Snippets

Start the daemon required to run other commands

ollama serve

Run a model and chat with it

ollama run {{model}}

Run a model with a single prompt and thinking turned off

ollama run {{model}} --think=false "{{prompt}}"

List downloaded models

ollama {{[ls|list]}}

Pull a specific model

ollama pull {{model}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ollama

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