navmenu: CLI
title: "arv reference"
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+{% comment %}
+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
+{% endcomment %}
_In order to use the @arv@ command, make sure that you have a "working environment.":{{site.baseurl}}/user/getting_started/check-environment.html_
Delete a group
@arv group delete --uuid 6dnxa-j7d0g-iw7i6n43d37jtog@
+Create an empty collection
+@arv collection create --collection '{"name": "test collection"}'@
h3. Common commands
@arv collection list --filters '[["name", "=", "PGP VAR inputs"], ["created_at", ">=", "2014-10-01"]]'@
-will return a list of all collections visible to the current user which are named "PGP VAR inputs" and were created on or after October 1, 2014.
+will return a list of all collections visible to the current user which are named "PGP VAR inputs" and were created on or after October 1, 2014. See the "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#index page for more details on using @list@ and @--filters@.