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I'd like to get the NuGet.exe version using the command-line.

I know I can get the version of NuGet running as part of Visual Studio, as per the instructions here, but what I'm after is something similar from the command-line, i.e like:

nuget --version

Any ideas?

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Typing nuget help from the command line will in addition to the expected help information also list the current NuGet.exe version.

Julian
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    try `nuget help | head -1` for a single line result. – tkerwood Jul 05 '17 at 23:15
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    Or `nuget help | select -First 1` if you're on Windows (PowerShell). – Julian Jul 06 '17 at 08:38
  • Any idea why that powershell command gives an exit code of 1? – ThetaSinner Oct 16 '18 at 09:31
  • @ThetaSinner: The PowerShell command `nuget help | select -First 1` works just fine and returns the current NuGet version. If you're having problems a bit more context is needed to help you (and it probably belongs in a separate question as well). – Julian Oct 18 '18 at 07:04
  • A comment accompanying the down-vote would be highly appreciated, perhaps event with an edit suggestion to improve the answer... – Julian Jun 14 '19 at 12:39
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To know which version of NuGet is installed use follow steps

  • In Visual Studio, use the Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio command and look at the version displayed next to NuGet Package Manager.

  • Alternatively, launch the Package Manager Console (Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console) and enter $host to see information about NuGet including the version.

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    displaying different versions in About: NuGet Package Manager 4.6.0 and Console: Package Manager Host 4.7.0.5212 – volody Oct 17 '18 at 21:36
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    The same with me @volody, the first option in my case gives "**4.6.0**" also, and the second option "**4.9.2.5706**". It would seem that the version details are not in sync? [This page from Microsoft](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/policies/nuget-faq#nuget-in-visual-studio) also suggests the same as this answer. – Anthony Walsh Jan 21 '19 at 17:23
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Windows Powershell:

nuget help | select -First 1

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Cmd.exe 
nuget ?

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Not working anymore

Command line (cmd.exe) | Package Manager Console in Visual Studio

1.) nuget ? v
2.) nuget help v

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The "v" command is actually not valid, but with this approach you only get the nuget version number and below the information that "v" is an unknow command.

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    interestingly enough, v actually triggers nuget verify now in newer versions, (tested with 4.9.3.5777) and is no longer an unknown command – Jonathan Niu Mar 14 '19 at 02:50
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In the .NET 6 era, I use this command to see version of Nuget:

dotnet nuget --version

It will reply something like this:

NuGet Command Line
6.2.0.146

Works identically on both Windows and Linux.

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I had his very question, in my Centos7 Docker container.

This is how I solved it:

yum info nuget

yum info nuget returns a great deal! Just wanting the numbers, I added a grep and a sed to clean things up.

yum info nuget | grep Version | sed 's/^.*: //'

To put in in a variable in your bash script:

nuget_version=$(yum info nuget | grep Version | sed 's/^.*: //')
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On Windows 10 CMD console, try this:

C:>nuget help |findstr "NuGet Version"

On Windows 10 PowerShell console, try this:

PS C:> nuget help | select -First 1

Both of them will return something like:

NuGet Version: 5.8.1.7021

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