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leaf nodes, and operations and attributes of each system are further displayed as nested leaf

nodes under each corresponding system.

Actions can be performed by entering the name of a specific target (for example, “system1”) or

of a group of targets by using a wildcard (for example, “system*”).

Some command verbs have implicit command targets (ICTs) defined as part of the verb. When

the verb does not have an ICT, the CDT environment variable is used by the command

processor to determine the target for a command.

The CD verb is used to navigate the CLP tree like a directory structure.

Explicit targets may be specified with full (absolute) or partial (relative) target names. An

absolute name is referred to as an absolute target address (ATA). ATAs identify the target by

specifying its full pathname from the root node. For example, /admin1/system1/log1 is an ATA.

A relative name is referred to as a relative target address (RTA). RTAs identify the target in the

context of the current location in the tree. For example, the following RTA when entered at the

/admin1/system1 location, goes up one level and then down two levels to access log1 under

system2: ../system2/log1.

General command syntax

The general syntax for commands is shown in the following line:

verb [options] [target] [properties]

The following line is an example of a verb followed by a target

(/admin1/system1/textredirectsap1) and a property followed by a value (name).

-> show /admin1/system1/textredirectsap1 name

The terms used in commands are defined in the following table.

Variable Definition

verb

Specifies the action, which either provides information about the target or changes the state of the

target. Always entered first on the command line. Only one verb can be specified in each command

line. For example, entering show retrieves information about the target.

options

Specifies the modification to be made to the default behavior of the verb. None, one or more may be

specified. Typically, options either modify output format or specify that the verb applies to nested

levels. For example, entering -all with the show command example shows the OEM properties.

Table 8.2: Terms Used in Commands

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