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# consul

> Distributed key-value store with health checking and service discovery.
> Some subcommands such as `kv` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/commands>.

- Display help:

`consul --help`

- Display help for a subcommand:

`consul {{subcommand}} --help`

- Display version:

`consul --version`
