Knife common options

The following options can be run with all knife subcommands and plug-ins:

-c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE: The configuration file to use. For example, when knife is run from a node that’s configured to be managed by Chef Infra Server, this option is used to allow knife to use the same credentials as Chef Infra Client looks when communicating with Chef Infra Server.
--chef-zero-host HOST: The host to start Chef Infra Zero on. Chef Infra Zero is a lightweight, in-memory Chef Infra Server.
--chef-zero-port PORT: The port (or port range) to start chef-zero on. Port ranges: 1000,1010 or 8889-9999. Will try all given ports until one works.
-d, --disable-editing: Prevent the configured text editor from opening and accept data as-is.
--defaults: Cause knife to use the default value instead of asking a user to provide one.
-e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR: The text editor that’s used for all interactive commands.
-E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT: The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command will run only against the named environment. This option is ignored during search queries made using the knife search subcommand.
-F FORMAT, --format FORMAT: The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, pp.
-h, --help: Show help for the command.
-k KEY, --key KEY: The USER.pem file that knife uses to sign requests made by the API client to Chef Infra Server.
--[no-]color: View colored output.
--[no-]fips: Allows OpenSSL to enforce FIPS-validated security during a Chef Infra Client run.
--print-after: Show data after a destructive operation.
-s URL, --server-url URL: The URL of Chef Infra Server.
-u USER, --user USER: The user name used by knife to sign requests made by the API client to Chef Infra Server. Authentication fails if the user name doesn’t match the private key.
-v, --version: The Chef Infra Client version.
-V, --verbose: Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for much more verbose outputs. Use -VVV for maximum verbosity, which may provide more information than is actually helpful.
-y, --yes: Respond to all confirmation prompts with Yes.
-z, --local-mode: Run Chef Infra Client looks in local mode. This allows all commands that work against Chef Infra Server to also work against the local chef-repo.