# Cake console shell is not working in cakephp 2.8

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**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cake-console-shell-is-not-working-in-cakephp-2-8/7254 "2020-02-10T06:05:10Z")\
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Hi,  
I am having trouble using cake’s console shell. I created a file HelloShell in \app\Console\Command folder

\<?php class HelloShell extends AppShell { public function main() { $this-\>out('Hello world.'); } } When I run it from app\Console folder. I get error "Plugin Hello could not be found". Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. ![image|687x271](upload://pCBfyL49vQudgtIYlmRMwdbWfOr.png)