CLI Guide

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Arguments

Required arguments

[-f| --file] filename * Name of the script file to read and execute.

* - argument is positional.

Description

Filenames use the syntax of the underlying platform.

The script file may contain any CLI commands.

If the exit command is included, the shell exits immediately, without processing the commands that follow it in the file.

Examples

In the following example, a text file Source.txt contains only two commands:

service@ManagementServer:/var/log/VPlex/cli> cat Source.txt

version -a

exit

When executed:

The first command in the file is run

The exit command exits the command shell

VPlexcli:/> source --file /var/log/VPlex/cli/Source.txt

What Version Info

---------------------------------------------- -------------- ----

Product Version 4.1.0.00.00.12 -

SMSv2 0.16.15.0.0 -

Mgmt Server Base D4_MSB_7 -

Mgmt Server Software D4.70.0.9 -

/engines/engine-2-1/directors/Cluster_2_Dir_1B 1.2.43.9.0 -

/engines/engine-2-1/directors/Cluster_2_Dir_1A 1.2.43.9.0 -

/engines/engine-1-1/directors/Cluster_1_Dir1B 1.2.43.9.0 -

/engines/engine-1-1/directors/Cluster_1_Dir1A 1.2.43.9.0 -

/engines/engine-2-2/directors/Cluster_2_Dir_2B 1.2.43.9.0 -

/engines/engine-2-2/directors/Cluster_2_Dir_2A 1.2.43.9.0 -

Connection closed by foreign host.

service@ManagementServer:~>