help

Displays information about CLI commands. You can obtain help on any of the group administration, array management, or global commands. You can also get information about the available editing keystrokes.

Format

help command [commands|edit]

Variable   

Subcommands   

Example

The following command displays help on the account CLI command.

> help account

 account        - Manages administration accounts.

 create         - Creates a new account.

 delete         - Deletes an account.

 select         - Selects an account.

 show           - Displays all administration accounts or                   information about a specific account.

The following command displays help on the global CLI commands.

> help commands

 alias          - Performs text substitution.

 clear          - Clears the screen.

 cli-settings   - Specifies certain CLI settings.

 exec           - Executes a CLI script file.

 exit           - Brings the user up a command level from

                  subcommand mode.

 help           - Displays information about CLI commands.

 history        - Displays the command history.

 logout         - Logs out a group administrator.

 stty           - Displays terminal settings.

 tree           - Displays the full CLI command syntax in a tree

                  structure.

The following command example displays the available editing keystrokes.

> help edit

Available editing keystrokes

Delete current character.....................Ctrl-d

Delete text up to cursor.....................Ctrl-u

Delete from cursor to end of line............Ctrl-k

Move to beginning of line....................Ctrl-a

Move to end of line..........................Ctrl-e

Get prior command from history...............Ctrl-p

Get next command from history................Ctrl-n

Move cursor left.............................Ctrl-b

Move cursor right............................Ctrl-f

Move back one word...........................Esc-b

Move forward one word........................Esc-f

Convert rest of word to uppercase............Esc-c

Convert rest of word to lowercase............Esc-l

Delete remainder of word.....................Esc-d

Delete word up to cursor.....................Ctrl-w

Transpose current and previous character.....Ctrl-t

Enter command and return to root prompt......Ctrl-z

Refresh input line...........................Ctrl-l