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AutoShell

AutoShell is a command line and scripting environment that you can use to automate complex recurring and management tasks.

This chapter details AutoShell and provides you many examples and best practices of this user interface.

This section contains the following topics:

About AutoShell

Manager Shell and Client Shell

Valid AutoShell User

Accessing AutoShell

Common Information Model (CIM) Objects

Invoking AutoShell

Stringification

Writing Data to the Console (stdout)

Reading Data from the Keyboard (stdin)

Accessing the Operating System

Running Scripts

AutoShell Core Reference

AutoShell Loadable Modules' Command Reference