Gemini CLI cheatsheet

This page provides a reference for commonly used Gemini CLI commands, options, and parameters.

CLI commands

Command	Description	Example
gemini	Start interactive REPL	gemini
gemini -p "query"	Query non-interactively	gemini -p "summarize README.md"
gemini “query”	Query and continue interactively	gemini “explain this project”
cat file | gemini	Process piped content	cat logs.txt | gemini Get-Content logs.txt | gemini
gemini -i "query"	Execute and continue interactively	gemini -i "What is the purpose of this project?"
gemini -r "latest"	Continue most recent session	gemini -r "latest"
gemini -r "latest" "query"	Continue session with a new prompt	gemini -r "latest" "Check for type errors"
gemini -r "<session-id>" "query"