Clearing cache from the shell

Magento often needs to refresh it's cache. In some occasion, you may want to flush either partialy or completly from the shell.

This is how you may acheive this task:
php ~/www/shell/cleanCache.php --clean <your cache>

The full list of possibilities:
Usage:  php ~/www/shell/cleanCache.php -- [options]

    --clean <cache>          Clean <cache>. Any of [image|data|stored|js_css|files]
    all                      Clean all caches
    info                     Show allowed caches
    help                     This help
To get an easy list of the different caches: 
php ~/www/shell/cleanCache.php info
Allowed caches:
 image
 data
 stored
 js_css
 files


Examples

  • Clean ALL
    php ~/www/shell/cleanCache.php all

  • Clean the configuration, layout...
    php ~/www/shell/cleanCache.php --clean data

  • Clean the front end styling...
    php ~/www/shell/cleanCache.php --clean js_css


The github link to the script:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/machampagne/magento-utils/master/shell/cleanCache.php

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