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2.4. Misc Chapter 2. Command Reference 2.4. Misc 2.4.1. help Show help for selected topic. Description The help system contains information about commands and configuration object types. The fastest way to get help is to simply type help followed by the topic that you want help with. A topic can be for example a command name (e.g. set) or the name of a configuration object type (e.g. User). When you don't know the name of what you are looking for you can specify the category of the wanted topic with the -category option and use tab-completion to display a list of matching topics. Usage help List commands alphabetically. help Display help about selected topic from any category. help -category={COMMANDS | TYPES} [] Display help from a specific topic category. Options -category={COMMANDS | TYPES} Topic category. Help topic. 2.4.2. history Dump history to screen. Description List recently typed commands that have been stored in the command history. Usage history 63

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2.4. Misc
2.4.1. help
Show help for selected topic.
Description
The help system contains information about commands and configuration object types.
The fastest way to get help is to simply type
help
followed by the topic that you want help with. A
topic can be for example a command name (e.g.
set
) or the name of a configuration object type (e.g.
User).
When you don't know the name of what you are looking for you can specify the category of the
wanted topic with the
-category
option and use tab-completion to display a list of matching top-
ics.
Usage
help
List commands alphabetically.
help <Topic>
Display help about selected topic from any category.
help -category={COMMANDS | TYPES} [<Topic>]
Display help from a specific topic category.
Options
-category={COMMANDS |
TYPES}
Topic category.
<Topic>
Help topic.
2.4.2. history
Dump history to screen.
Description
List recently typed commands that have been stored in the command history.
Usage
history
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