The ABLE command line has a useful help system available, the help command gives a list of all known commands, some commands have a --help parameter which is another way to obtain the help text.
Example 3.5. Getting help on the uname command
>help
Internal commands are:
sh autoboot sbcd bast-hdlcd pic-wr pic-rd
bast-at2 bast-at dmcfg-rd dmcfg-wr pmu shadow
mii ifconfig [ test console display
file hwinfo wrout version nvclear nvunset
nvsave nvshow nvset uname sum tasks
sleep showhz sysmsg setopt showargs setargs
reset memset meminfo peek poke modules
ls lsfs help echo dumpfile dump
cat cp cd pwd boot load
history sysspeed settime setdate devls date
Use:
help <command> to get brief explanation
<command> --help for command usage (if available)
>help uname
Help on uname:
Usage: uname [OPTION]...
Print system information. No OPTION is the same as -s.
-a, --all all information in the order:
-s, --kernel-name kernel name
-n, --nodename network node hostname
-r, --kernel-release kernel release
-v, --kernel-version kernel version
-m, --machine machine hardware name
-o, --operating-system operating system
--help display this help and exit
--version display version and exit
Please report bugs to <support@simtec.co.uk>
>uname --help
Usage: uname [OPTION]...
Print system information. No OPTION is the same as -s.
-a, --all all information in the order:
-s, --kernel-name kernel name
-n, --nodename network node hostname
-r, --kernel-release kernel release
-v, --kernel-version kernel version
-m, --machine machine hardware name
-o, --operating-system operating system
--help display this help and exit
--version display version and exit
Please report bugs to <support@simtec.co.uk>
>uname -a
ABLE unknown 2.20 #1 Tue Feb 14 12:06:59 GMT 2006 s3c2410x ABLE
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