Brocade OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v6.0.0 (53-1000599-01, October 2007)

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help

Displays help information for commands.

Synopsis help [command]

Description Use this command without an operand to display an alphabetical list commands for which help is

available. At the end of the list are some additional commands which display more lists of grouped

commands for a particular subsystem; for example, diagHelp displays a list of diagnostic

commands.

The list displays only commands that are available to the current user; command availability may

vary depending on:

• Login user role

• License key

• Hardware platform

To access help information for a specific command, enter the command name as an operand.

Operands This command has the following operand:

command Specify the command name, with or without quotation marks. This operand is

optional.

Examples To display help information for the help command:

switch:admin> help help

See Also diagHelp, fwHelp, licenseHelp, perfHelp, routeHelp, zoneHelp