# CloudFormation CLI command reference
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The following commands are available through the CloudFormation Command Line Interface (CLI).

**Topics**
+ [Global parameters](resource-type-cli-global-parameters.md)
+ [init](resource-type-cli-init.md)
+ [generate](resource-type-cli-generate.md)
+ [validate](resource-type-cli-validate.md)
+ [invoke](resource-type-cli-invoke.md)
+ [test](resource-type-cli-test.md)
+ [submit](resource-type-cli-submit.md)