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The CLI script command is the tool used for script management and execution. The complete
syntax of the command is described in the CLI Reference Guide and specific examples of usage are
detailed in the following sections. See also Section 2.1.4, “The CLI” in this manual.
Note
Uploaded CLI script files are not held in permanent memory and will disappear after
system restarts.
Only Four Commands are Allowed in Scripts
The commands allowed in a script file are limited to four and these are:
•
add
• set
• delete
• cc
If any other command appears in a script file, it is ignored during execution and a warning
message is output. For example, the ping command will be ignored.
Executing Scripts
As mentioned above, the script -execute command launches a named script file that has been
previously uploaded to the Clavister Security Gateway. For example, to execute the script file
my_script.sgs which has already been uploaded, the CLI command would be:
Device:/> script -execute -name=my_script.sgs
Script Variables
A script file can contain any number of script variables which are called:
$1, $2, $3, $4......$n
The values substituted for these variable names are specified as a list at the end of the script
-execute command line. The number n in the variable name indicates the variable value's position
in this list. $1 comes first, $2 comes second and so on.
Note: The symbol $0 is reserved
Notice that the name of the first variable is $1. The variable $0 is reserved and is always
replaced before execution by the name of the script file itself.
For example, a script called my_script.sgs is to be executed with IP address 126.12.11.01 replacing
all occurrences of $1 in the script file and the string If1 address replacing all occurrences of $2.
The file my_script.sgs contains the single CLI command line:
add IP4Address If1_ip Address=$1 Comments=$2
To run this script file after uploading, the CLI command would be:
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