Base commands – HP ProLiant DL180 Server User Manual

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Base commands

The help command displays context-sensitive help.
Entering help displays all the supported commands. Entering <command help/?> displays the

help message specific to that command.

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Help for verbs
Calling help for a verb returns the general syntax and usage associated with issuing that verb.
Calling help for a verb that is not present in the current directory returns an Unsupported

Command message. The following examples are all valid ways to call help for a verb.

/./-> help show

Usage: show [<target>][<options>][<properties>]

/./-> show -h

Usage: show [<target>][<options>][<properties>]

/./-> show -help

Usage: show [<target>][<options>][<properties>]

/./->

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Help for targets
Calling help for a target returns any information about the target and what it contains. You can
call help for any target that is not contained in the current directory (help map1 can be called

from system1).

/./-> system1 -h

Invalid command

/./-> system1 -help

Invalid command

/./-> help system1

Host System Directory

/./-> help map1

Management Service Processor Directory

/./-> cd system1

/./system1/-> help map1

Management Service Processor Directory

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Help for properties
Calling help for a property or any other option for which there is no help information returns an
Unsupported Command or Invalid command message. For example:
/./system1/-> show
/./system1
Targets

log1
led1

Properties

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