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This page gives information about the commands built-in to JCmd. Please note that you can give your own aliases to these commands in the property file. The names used here are the class names that provide the functionality. Please take a look at the JavaDocs for further information on these commands such as parameters.

Console

CHANGECONSOLE Allows you to change between console tabs using a command rather than the mouse.

DELETECONSOLE Delete the current console or one specified by name or position.

NEWCONSOLE Create a new console represented by a new tab.

RENAMECONSOLE Rename a console name to be more descriptive.

Date/Time

DATE Show the current date and allow changing of it.	NETDATE Gets the atomic date from an NTP server specified in the configuration.	NETTIME Gets the atomic time from an NTP server specified in the configuration.	NTPSERVERS Goes to the project web site and retrieves a list of available NTP servers.
TIME Show the current time and allow changing of it.

Edit

CLS Clear the console edit area.

Exec

START Start the specified command in a new console.

File

CD Change the current directory.	COPY Copy a file from one location to another.	DELETE Delete an existing file.	DIR Give a directory listing.
JARVIEW View the entries in a JAR/ZIP file.	MD Make a directory.	RD Remove an existing directory.	TYPE Show the contents of a file.
WHICH Shows which file would be accessed using the classpath.

History

COMMANDHISTORY Shows the local command history.	GLOBALCOMMANDHISTORY Shows the command history for all open consoles.
RESETCOMMANDHISTORY Clear the command history.	RESETGLOBALCOMMANDHISTORY Clear the global command history.

Misc

ASCIITABLE Shows an ASCII table.	EXIT Close the current console.	HELPCATEGORIES Shows the help categories available.	HELPCOMMANDS Shows help for the commands available.
HELPKEYS Shows help for the keys assigned.	QUIT Close down JCmd.	SET Set a system property or view the current system properties.	VER Show the version information.

Pipe

BOTTOM Show the end of the input sent to this pipe.	COLS Display column information with the input sent to this pipe.	HEX Show the input sent to this pipe as hex.	LOWER Show the input sent to this pipe in lower case.
MIDDLE Show the middle part of the input sent to this pipe.	MORE Show the input sent to this pipe 1 page at a time.	NULL Don't display the input sent to this pipe.	ROWS Show row information with the input sent to this pipe.
TOP Show the top of the input sent to this pipe.	UPPER Show the input sent to this pipe in upper case.

Web

GET Get the contents of a web page.	NEWS Show the news from the project page.	WEBSERVICES Show a list of web services that have been tested to work with the interactive web service command.	WEBSVC Interactive invocation of a web service.
XPATH XPATH (XML traversal mechanism) tester.