HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - Manual (Page 13)

2 UEFI Shell command reference
Command line syntax
Table 1 (page 13) lists examples of how to interpret command syntax.
Table 1 Syntax examples
Usage Syntax example
Enter exit. exit
To display the current date, do one of the following: date [mm/dd/ { yy | yyyy }] [-sfo]
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Enter date with no optional parameters.
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Enter date followed by -sfo to specify standard-format output.
NOTE: To set a specific date on the system, enter date followed by
the date parameters in one of the following formats:
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mm/dd/yy
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mm/dd/yyyy
This syntax indicates that the month (mm) and day (dd) parameters are
optional, but either a two-digit year (yy) or four-digit year (yyyy)
parameter is required for setting a date.
Enter eficompress followed by the filename for the uncompressed input
file as the infile parameter, and then the compressed output file as the
outfile
parameter.
eficompress infile outfile
Command line completion
The command line completion feature simplifies entering and repeating commands. Table 2 (page
13) describes the command line completion keystrokes.
Table 2 Command line completion keys
Effect Key
Scrolls backward through the list of previously entered commands. up arrow key
Scrolls forward through the list of previously entered commands. down arrow
key
Completes file names in the command line. Type at least one character, and then press the TAB key
to complete the file name. If more than one possibility exists, press the TAB key again to view all
possibilities. TAB
Page up. PgUp
Page down. PgDown
Getting started
This section describes how to use some basic UEFI Shell commands for:
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“Controlling command output” (page 14)
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“Displaying command help” (page 17)
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“Accessing a file system from the Shell” (page 20)
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Using sysconfig options.
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Using the reset command.
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