ANGULAR - Error: You need to specify a command before moving on. Use '--help' to view the available commands

Question

I am facing the issue ,

Error: You need to specify a command before moving on. Use '--help' to view the available commands

everytime while using any of the ng command

Please provide enough code so others can better understand or reproduce the problem. — Community, Jun 04 '22 at 09:49
what angular version are you using? please check https://angular.io/cli/version — amc software, Jun 07 '22 at 00:14
If you try `ng --version` with angular cli 14, you will get that error. Please use `ng version` instead. — Jaime Menendez, Jun 08 '22 at 02:06

score 107 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 16 '22 at 04:52

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Uninstall Angular old version & Install latest version (14)

npm uninstall -g @angular/cli 
npm install -g @angular/cli

Use:

ng version | ng v

Instead of:

ng -v | ng --version

edited Jun 16 '22 at 04:52

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answered Jun 10 '22 at 20:48

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score 37 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 16 '22 at 11:59

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I was also facing the same issue while running the ng --version. I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it didn't work. With cli 14, ng --version doesn't work.

So use ng version instead.

edited Jun 16 '22 at 11:59

blackgreen

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answered Jun 15 '22 at 04:11

pratyushranjan bohidar

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score 31 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 06 '22 at 17:32

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I actually upgraded ng version just a day ago. I faced same problem. This happened because the current version in your system got depreciated ( no longer in use). So you have to update ng version in your system.

npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
npm install -g @angular/cli

this will help to update your angular version in your system and to check, you have to give ng version instead ng --version.

I hope this is helpful.

answered Jun 06 '22 at 17:32

WhiteShadow

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"Current version" of what? What was tyou deprecated version a what is new version? – bmi Jun 14 '23 at 07:57

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 28 '22 at 21:06

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ng --version

Error: You need to specify a command before moving on. Use '--help' to view the available commands.

Check your node version.

node --version v16.16.0 (new version)

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ng v

edited Jul 28 '22 at 21:06

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answered Jul 27 '22 at 03:46

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score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:45

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for window 10 use ng v command only, and also check environment variable.

edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:45

blackgreen

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answered Jun 14 '22 at 11:37

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NeNaD · Answer 6 · 2022-07-04T10:34:11.270

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Try it with Power Shell

Usually, the default terminal is Command Prompt.

Change that to Power Shell and try it again. For some reason, Command Prompt can not execute Angular CLI commands, at least in my end.

In you are using VS Code, you can check here how to change default terminal.

edited Jul 04 '22 at 10:34

answered Jul 04 '22 at 10:07

NeNaD

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score 4 · Answer 7 · answered May 07 '23 at 06:24

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ng v

After upgrading to the new version I am facing an error with ng --version cmd, but I am able to see the angular version with ng v

answered May 07 '23 at 06:24

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 04 '22 at 14:10

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You just need to specify the command. Try to put 'ng version', but before that, you should make sure that you have Angular CLI

answered Jun 04 '22 at 14:10

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score 2 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:54

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It is showing error beacuse you are run your command in command prompt and ng --version is used to run on git bash, so either you have to use git bash to run ng --version command or you need to just write ng v on command prompt.

edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:54

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answered Sep 14 '22 at 07:00

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score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:55

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Shell incompatibility in Windows

For me I discovered it was a Shell incompatibility. The only one that recognize ng commands is PowerShell.

These below show the same error:

CMDER
GitBash
CMD

Hopefully this will be fixed in the future.

edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:55

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answered Sep 14 '22 at 15:01

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score 1 · Answer 11 · edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:56

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I had the same problem and the uninstall/install angular cli didn't solve it.

What worked for me : There was a path to C:\Users*username*\AppData\Roaming\npm\ and another one to C:\Users*username*\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@angular\cli

I removed the second path and restarted my CMD console

It worked again.

edited Apr 26 '23 at 01:56

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answered Oct 05 '22 at 07:20

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 16 '22 at 10:36

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try running command prompt as Admin and then run- npm install -g @angular/cli

answered Jun 16 '22 at 10:36

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Asam · Answer 13 · 2022-08-03T07:20:32.203

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Uninstalling and Installing @angular/cli did not work for me this answer fixed it

make sure you have proper path variable configured as shown below Go to your system variable settings path variable snapshot make sure you have all these mentioned as part of path C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@angular\cli C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm C:\Program Files\nodejs

https://stackoverflow.com/a/71602204/6314006

Make sure to edit the path under System variables.

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answered Jul 27 '22 at 09:00

Asam

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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - [From Review](/review/late-answers/32345337) – ahuemmer Aug 02 '22 at 06:54

ANGULAR - Error: You need to specify a command before moving on. Use '--help' to view the available commands

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Try it with Power Shell

Shell incompatibility in Windows