Dell Command Line Interface manual Different Levels of Help for a Command

Figure 2-1. Different Levels of Help for a Command

You can also parse the omconfig system assetinfo command as follows:

<command level 1 command level 2 command level 3> <name=value pair 1> [name=value pair 2]

where command levels 1, 2, and 3 are represented by omconfig system assetinfo, name=value pair 1 is represented by info=depreciation, and name=value pair 2 is represented by method=straightline.

To set your depreciation method to straight line, type:

omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation method=straightline

The CLI responds with the following message:

Asset information set successfully.

When you type omconfig system assetinfo -?, the help that displays provides information about assigning values for the name and option fields. Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo -?are as follows:

assetinfo Set asset information.

For one info value, specify one or more optional parameter(s). Table 2-1 displays the optional parameters for info=acquisition:

Table 2-1. Optional Parameters

Info Value Optional parameters

Info=acquisition purchasecost=<num> waybill=<num> installdate=<mmddyy> purchasedate=<mmddyy> ponum=<num> signauth=<text> expensed=<yesno> costcenter=<text> info=depreciation method=<text> duration=<num> percent=<percent> unit=<monthsyearsunknown>

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