Rails CLI Commands

Use these commands from the root of a Rails project.

Project commands

Start the Rails server.

bin/rails server

Open the Rails console.

bin/rails console

Check available Rails commands.

bin/rails --help

Database commands

Create the database.

bin/rails db:create

Run migrations.

bin/rails db:migrate

Rollback the last migration.

bin/rails db:rollback

Reset the database.

bin/rails db:drop db:create db:migrate

Seed the database.

bin/rails db:seed

Generate files

Generate a model.

bin/rails generate model Post title:string body:text

Generate a controller.

bin/rails generate controller Pages home

Generate a scaffold.

bin/rails generate scaffold Post title:string body:text

Undo a generator.

bin/rails destroy scaffold Post

Routes

List routes.

bin/rails routes

Search routes.

bin/rails routes | grep users

Tests

Run the test suite.

bin/rails test

Run one test file.

bin/rails test test/models/user_test.rb

Sources

• The Rails Command Line
• Active Record Migrations