- NAME
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- gcloud beta cloud-shell - manage Google Cloud Shell
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta cloud-shellCOMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Interact with and connect to your Cloud Shell environment.More information on Cloud Shell can be found at https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/ .
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--help.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND-
get-mount-command -
(BETA)Prints a command to mount the Cloud Shell home directory via sshfs. -
scp -
(BETA)Copies files between Cloud Shell and the local machine. -
ssh -
(BETA)Allows you to establish an interactive SSH session with Cloud Shell.
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- NOTES
- The previous
gcloud alpha shellcommand to launch an interactive shell was renamed togcloud alpha interactive.This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available:
gcloud cloud-shellgcloud alpha cloud-shell
gcloud beta cloud-shell
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

