---
title: "esc"
menu:
  esc_cli:
    parent: commands
---



Pulumi ESC command line

## Synopsis

Pulumi ESC - Manage environments, secrets, and configuration

To begin working with Pulumi ESC, run the `esc env init` command:

    $ esc env init

This will prompt you to create a new environment to hold secrets and configuration.

The most common commands from there are:

    - esc env get  : Get a property in an environment definition
    - esc env set  : Set a property in an environment definition
    - esc env edit : Edit an environment definition
    - esc env ls   : List available environments
    - esc run      : Run a command within the context of an environment
    - esc open     : Open an environment and access its contents

For more information, please visit the project page: https://www.pulumi.com/docs/esc

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for esc
```

## SEE ALSO

* [esc completion](/docs/esc-cli/commands/esc_completion/)	 - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
* [esc env](/docs/esc-cli/commands/esc_env/)	 - Manage environments
* [esc login](/docs/esc-cli/commands/esc_login/)	 - Log in to the Pulumi Cloud
* [esc open](/docs/esc-cli/commands/esc_open/)	 - Open the environment with the given name.
* [esc run](/docs/esc-cli/commands/esc_run/)	 - Open the environment with the given name and run a command.
* [esc version](/docs/esc-cli/commands/esc_version/)	 - Print esc's version number

###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 9-Oct-2023