gcloud cloud-shell

NAME: gcloud cloud-shell - manage Google Cloud Shell
SYNOPSIS: gcloud cloud-shell COMMAND [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION: 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 help for details.
COMMANDS: COMMAND is one of the following:

get-mount-command

Prints a command to mount the Cloud Shell home directory via sshfs.

scp

Copies files between Cloud Shell and the local machine.

ssh

Allows you to establish an interactive SSH session with Cloud Shell.
NOTES: The previous gcloud alpha shell command to launch an interactive shell was renamed to gcloud alpha interactive.
These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha cloud-shell

gcloud beta cloud-shell

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.

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