Context Help

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Context Help

You can type <?> in a number of situations to display context help:

If you type <?> at the CLI prompt, a list of commands that are valid in the current context is displayed. For example, this command displays help for all global commands as shown in Global Commands:

eqcli >?

Entering the following two commands displays help for all the commands available in the cluster cl01 specific context, as shown in Cluster and Match Rule Commands.

eqcli > cluster cl01

eqcli cl-cl01>?

If you type the complete name of a command that is valid in the current context and type <?>, context help for that command is displayed. For example:

eqcli > cluster cl01

eqcli cl-cl01> clientto?

clientto: Set the client timeout for this cluster.

Syntax: cluster <cluster name> clientto <value>

Warning: Only valid for proto http or https.

If you type a partial command name and type <?>:

If there is only one command that matches the string entered, context help for that command is displayed.

If there are multiple commands that begin with the string entered, the names of all the matching commands are displayed.