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The help command displays a list of commands available in a command-line interface and optionally displays the syntax or brief description of each command. If you specify this command with no parameters, this command displays only a list of available commands.

Parameters

-? | -h | -help: Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command options are ignored.
-l: Displays a list of available commands with the syntax diagrams for each. If you specify a command name with this parameter, this command displays the syntax for only the specified command.
-s: Displays a list of available commands with a brief description of each. If you specify a command name with this parameter, this command displays a brief description for only the specified command.
-p off | on: Display one page of text at a time or all text at once.; off Displays all text at one time. This value is the default.; on Displays one page of text at a time. Pressing any key displays the next page.
-r number: The number of rows per page to display when the -p parameter is on. The default is 24 rows. You can specify a value 1 - 100.
command_name: Displays help information for the specified command, including the syntax diagram, parameter descriptions, return codes and errors, descriptions, examples, and miscellaneous remarks.
-match string: Displays a list of commands that contain the specified string. This parameter cannot be used with any other parameters.

Example

Displaying help for exit

#dscli> help -s exit

Output

Ends a command-line interface session.