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Chapter 12: - Using Cisco Tools from a Command Line

How to Use the Processes Utility from a Command Line

Note: For additional information on basic Web Tools command line use, including system selection options and command-line mode vs interactive mode see Using Cisco Common Tools from a Command Line (page 125).

Using the Processes Utility from a Command Line

When using the Processes utility from a command line, note that unlike in Dashboard use, you can stop processes whose Type is Critical (service type is defined in the user-modifiableprocessinfo.xml file.)

Table 6: Command Line Options
Command:	Description:	Example:
cmdhelp, chelp	Displays a list of commands specific to this utility.	>cmdhelp
	Note: Using Help or ? also displays this list, but includes several
	additional ICM commands (e.g., echo, error_stop) not used by this
	utility.
/?	Displays syntax for a specified command.	><command> /?
appserver	Specifies the system on which the utility should run. If not	><app_servername> /
	specified, the utility is run on the local system.	<options>
system	Specifies the target system the utility should run against. If not	> /system <host_name> /
	specified, the utility is run against the local system.	<options>
localhost	Sets the network address of name of the target node to the local	>localhost
	host.
	Note: By default, unless a different system is specified (using the
	system command) the local host is assumed to be the target system.
list	Displays information on all processes on the target system.	>list
	For each proccess, this command displays:	OR
	• proccess Name: The process's name.	>list

<localfile_path\filename>

•PID: The process's process ID.

•Type: Critical, Known, or Unknown, as defined in the target system's processinfo.xml file.

•Start (if the process is stopped) or Stop (if the process if started.

Optionally, you can include an argument to dump this output to a local file. Output is stored as XML-formatted text.

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