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A.19 finding help – HP DS20L User Manual

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A-44 AlphaServer DS20L User’s Guide

A.19 Finding Help

The help command displays basic information about the use of console
commands when the system is in console mode.

Syntax:

help [command . . . ]

Command . . .

Command or topic for which help is requested. The options are:

None

Displays the complete list of commands for
which you can receive help.

Command_name

Displays information about the console
command.

Argument_string
(such as “sh”)

Displays information about all commands
that begin with that string.

Example A– 26 Help Command

>>> help set

NAME

se

t

FUNCTION

Set an option or modify the value of an environment
variable.

SYNOPSIS

set

where

where

={auto_action,bootdef_dev,boot_osflags,...}
[-default]