User guide

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Using the Old Command Line Interface (CLI)

Using the Old Command Line Interface (CLI) 1

VCS provides the non-graphical debugger or CLI (Command Line

Interface) for debugging your design. This chapter covers the

following topics:

• CLI Commands

• Command Files

• Key Files

• Debugging a Testbench Using the CLI

Note:

There now is a Unified Command Line Interface for debugging

commands. It is unified in that the same command line interface

works for VCS, VCS MX, and Vera. It has more commands than

the CLI. See Chapter 8, "Unified Command-Line Interface

(UCLI)".