help

Displays help information

Format: 

help [ topic ]

Arguments: 

topic

A CLI topic or command.

Description: 

The help command prints information about the specified topic or command. With no argument, the CLI displays a list of the topics for which help is available.

If the CLI needs more than one screen to display the help information, it fills the screen with data and then displays a more prompt. Press Enter to see more data or q to return to the CLI prompt.

When you enter a topic name, the CLI attempts to complete an entry. You can also enter one of the CLI built-in aliases; for example:

d1.<> he a

Ambiguous help topic "a". Possible matches:

alias accessors arguments addressing_expressions

d1.<> he ac

"ac" has been aliased to "dactions":

dactions [ bp-ids ... ] [ -at <source-loc> ] [ -disabled | \

-enabled ]

Default alias: ac

...

d1.<> he acc

The following commands provide access to the properties

of TotalView objects:

...

Use the capture command to place help information into a variable.

Command alias: 

 

Alias	Definition	Description
he	help	Displays help information

Examples: 

help help

Prints information about the help command.