# Automating Administration Tasks with Command-Line Utilities

Plesk command-line utilities are designed to facilitate the processes of creating various entities in Plesk bypassing the Plesk GUI. Command-line utilities are executed via command prompt opened in the `%plesk_dir%admin\bin\` folder (where `%plesk_dir%` is a system variable containing the Plesk installation directory). You can see the list of available commands and options by running an utility with `--help` or `-h` command. For more information about command line utilities usage refer to Command Line Interface Reference.