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Viewing the List of Commands

The help command displays a list of all commands available in the console along with a short description of each. At the command prompt, enter help or? to see this full list of available commands.

Command Description
? Display command help
help Display command help
echo Display a line of text
quit Quit the shell (same as exit)
exit Exit the shell (same as quit)
source Execute a file of commands
properties Display system properties
time Show how much time a command takes to run
xtimes Run a command x times
about Show application configuration information
threads Show active threads
logConfig Reload log4j configuration
Objects
dtd Create dtd
summary Summarize objects
classes List available classes
list List objects
count Count objects
get View an object
checkout Checkout an object to a file
checkin Checkin an object from a file
delete Delete an object
rollback Rollback to a previous version
rename Rename an object
import Import objects from a file
importManagedAttributes Import managed attribute definitions from a CSV file
export Export objects to a file
exportManagedAttributes Export managed attribute definitions to a CSV file
exportJasper Exports only the jasperReport xml contained in a JasperTemplate object
associations Show target associations for an object
Identities
identities List identities
snapshot Create an identity snapshot
score Refresh compliance scores
listLocks List all class locks
breakLocks Break all class locks
Tasks
tasks Display scheduled tasks
run Launch a background task
runTaskWithArguments Launch a task synchronously with arguments
terminate Terminate a background task
terminateOrphans Detect and terminate orphaned tasks
restart Restart a failed task if possible
send command Send an out-of-band task command
taskProfile Display task profiling report
Certifications
certify Generate an access certification report
cancelCertify Cancel an access certification report
archiveCertification Archive and delete an access certification report
decompressCertification Decompress an access certification archive
Groups
refreshFactories Refresh group factories (but not groups)
refreshGroups Refresh groups (but not factories)
showGroup Show identities in a group
Workflow
workflow Start a generic workflow
validate Validate workflow definition
workItem Describe a work item
approve Approve a work item
reject Reject a work item
wftest Run the workflow test harness
Tests
rule Run a rule
parse Parse an XML file
warp Parse an XML object and print the re-serialization
notify Send an email
authenticate Test authentication
authenticateWithOptions Test authentication with options
simulateHistory Simulate trend history
search Run a simple query
textsearch Run a full text search
certificationPhase Transition a certification into a new phase
impact Perform impact analysis
event Schedule an identity event
expire Immediately expire a workitem that has an expiration configured. If the workitem is type Event it'll also push the event forward with the workflower
connectorDebug Call one of the exposed connector methods using the specified application
encrypt Encrypt a string.
sql Execute a SQL statement
hql Execute a search based on a Hibernate Query Language statement.
updateHql Update the hql search.
date Displays the current system date/time and its UTIME (universal time) value (Optional UTIME parameter causes the command to display the date/time corresponding to the provided UTIME value.)
shell Escapes out to the command line and run the command specified.
meter Toggles metering on and off; while metering is on, the console reports some timing statistics for each command executed. Meter information is displayed after the results of each command as it is executed.
compress Compress the contents of a file to a string that can be included within an XML element.
uncompress Return a compressed, Base64-encoded file to its uncompressed format.
clearEmailQueue Remove any queued emails that have not been sent
provision Evaluate a provisioning plan
lock Lock an object
unlock Break a lock on an object
showLock Show lock details
clearCache Clear the object cache
service Service management
oconfig Analyze ObjectConfigs
plugin Install and manage plugins
recommender Manage and test recommendations