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Command Line Log Reader

The command line log reading tool provides the users with a command line tool for reading the
SMH log messages without using the UI. The command is:

smhlogreader [options]

where, the [options] are:

-h|--help

, displays the help message.

--version

, displays the HP SMH version.

-f|--file FILE

, FILE represents a path to a file.

--from FROM

, FROM: to display a range of messages, this option describes the ID of the first

message.

--to TO

, TO: to display a range of messages, this option describes the ID of the last message.

-l|--lang LANG

, LANG: the language used to display the log messages.

IMPORTANT:

smhlogreader CLI also allows the combined use of these options in a single

command.

For example, smhlogreader --lang LANG --from FROM --to TO --file FILE

The different options provided by the smhlogreader CLI are:

Help

It allows the user to run the command to display the help message for this tool.

The following command displays the help message for the smhlogreader CLI.

smhlogreader -h|--help

Version

It allows the user to run the command to display the version of HP SMH.

The following command displays the HP SMH version number.

smhlogreader --version

Language

It allows the user to select language of choice for the messages to be displayed

The following command allows the user to select the language of choice for the messages to
be displayed.

smhlogreader -l|--lang en|ja

By default the HP SMH Logs and UI supports “en” for English and “ja” for Japanese.

NOTE:

To display the messages properly, the necessary fonts to display the messages must

be installed on the system. For example, on a non-Japanese version of Windows the user
needs to install Japanese fonts to read the log in that language.

Reading Logs

It displays a list with the most recent messages.

The following command displays a list with the most recent messages.

smhlogreader

Range

It allows the user to set the range of messages that smhlogreader CLI should display.

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Command Line Interface configuration