Starting CPLEX

The start command launches the Interactive Optimizer.

To start the CPLEX Interactive Optimizer, at your operating system prompt type the command:


cplex

A message similar to the following one appears on the screen:


Welcome to CPLEX Interactive Optimizer 12.6.0
  with Simplex, Mixed Integer, & Barrier Optimizers
Copyright (c) IBM 1997-2013
CPLEX is a registered trademark of IBM(r) 

Type help for a list of available commands.
Type help followed by a command name for more
information on commands.


CPLEX>

The last line, CPLEX> , is the prompt, showing that the product is running and is ready to accept one of the available CPLEX commands. Use the help command to see a list of these commands.