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Command Help Text

Help text should be provided for each command. The help text should follow the UIS standards used on system panels and should contain:

  1. Function: A synopsis of the purpose the command; for example, what the program does for the user, or for the application system. This may contain hypertext links to related objects.
  2. Parameter descriptions: each parameter should be described, along with any allowed values.