Provided by: chef_12.3.0-3ubuntu1_all 

NAME
chef-apply - The man page for the chef-apply command line tool.
chef-apply allows a single recipe to be run from the command line.
OPTIONS
This command has the following syntax:
chef-apply name_of_recipe.rb
This tool has the following options:
-e RECIPE_TEXT, --execute RECIPE_TEXT
Use to execute a resource using a string.
-l LEVEL, --log_level LEVEL
The level of logging that will be stored in a log file.
-s, --stdin
Use to execute a resource using standard input.
-v, --version
The version of the chef-client.
-W, --why-run
Use to run the executable in why-run mode, which is a type of chef-client run that does everything
except modify the system. Use why-run mode to understand why the chef-client makes the decisions
that it makes and to learn more about the current and proposed state of the system.
-h, --help
Shows help for the command.
EXAMPLES
To use chef-apply to run a recipe named machinations.rb, enter the following:
$ chef-apply machinations.rb
AUTHOR
Chef
Chef 12.0 CHEF-APPLY(8)