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Format rules for CLI commands

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Based on the value or name entered, certain format rules are enforced for CLI commands.

CLI format rules

Double quotation marks (" ") that are used as part of a name or label require special consideration when you run the CLI commands and the script commands on a Windows, Linux, or Solaris operating system.

When double quotation marks (" ") are part of a name or value, you must insert a backslash (\) before each double quotation mark character.

For example:

-c "set storageArray userLabel=\"Engineering\";"

In this example, "Engineering" is the storage array name.

A second example is:

-n \"My\"_Array

In this example, "My"_Array is the name of the storage array.

You cannot use double quotation marks (" ") as part of a character string (also called string literal) within a script command. For example, you cannot enter the following string to set the storage array name to "Finance" Array:

-c "set storageArray userLabel=\"\"Finance\"Array\";"

In a Windows operating system, if you do not use double quotation marks (" ") around a name, you must insert a caret ( ^ ) before each special script character. Special characters are ^, | , <, and >.

Insert a caret before each special script character when used with the terminals -n, -o, -f, and -p. For example, to specify storage array CLI>CLIENT, enter this string:

-n CLI^>CLIENT

Insert one caret (^) before each special script character when used within a string literal in a script command. For example, to change the name of a storage array to FINANCE_|_PAYROLL, enter the following string:

-c "set storageArray userLabel=\"FINANCE_^|_PAYROLL\";"
Note

When issuing SMcli commands at the command prompt, an additional backslash (\) character is required as an escape character in the file path name of an input or output file when using the Windows OS. The additional backslash (\) must be included when using SMcli in secure, https mode, by providing the -u option to specify a role-based access management user. Example:

C:\\dir\\subdir\\filename