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Chapter 1: Using the Command Line Interface 3
Modes of operation
The following table describes the three modes of executing commands using the CLI utility.
Table 1.1: Modes of Operation
Mode Description
Command Line CLI is invoked in the Linux shell with commands and parameters. For example:
[root@CAS root]# bin/CLI config network hostsettings
hostname <parameter>
Batch • CLI commands may be saved in a text file and executed in batch mode by invoking
the CLI utility with the -f <filename> option.
• CLI commands may be used in a shell script. For example, #/bin/CLI may be
invoked at the top of a shell script if the script contains only CLI commands. Any
type of shell may be used to run CLI commands along with other commands.
For example:
• Create a script that calls /bin/CLI to configure a hostname in batch mode.
#!/bin/CLI
config network hostsettings hostname FremontACS
config savetoflash
:wq
• Run a CLI command from the same script that is running other Linux commands.
#!/bin/bash
...
/bin/CLI -s config network hostsettings hostname
FremontACS
...
• Run multiple CLI commands from a script that is running other Linux commands.
#!/bin/bash
...
/bin/CLI << EOF
config network hostsettings hostname FremontACS
config security adduser username johndoe
config savetoflash
EOF