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AutoShell Core Reference

This section describes the commands, functions, and classes which are specific to the AutoShell core. Further commands that belong to platform-specific extensions are described in the ALM Command Reference section.

AutoShell commands are grouped into cmdlets and funclets:

Cmdlets

Specify command definitions that must start with the first non-whitespace character in a line. Because of this restriction they can only be used standalone and not as part of a broader JavaScript expression. Specifically, they cannot be used as rvalues (right-hand side operand of an assignment operator). ? is an example of an AutoShell cmdlet.

Funclets

Maintain verbose command-like syntax with optional clauses, stringification, and so on, and can also return values. Often funclets, are used like cmdlets, that is, standalone in a single line. They can however return a value that can be processed as part of a broader expression.