c8y(1)
π c8y(1) β bestie's guide to the Cumulocity CLI
okay so real talk: this is the c8y(1) manual page, and we're zooming all the way in on one little corner of it. your girl knows her way around a terminal, so trust me when I say this page is actually useful and you're gonna slay it π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
c8y-ui-applications β Cumulocity UI Applications
like, that's the whole name, that's the assignment π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
c8y ui applications [flags]
that's it. that's the invocation. flags optional, confidence mandatory β¨
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
Managed UI Applications.
short, sweet, and to the point β this command lives in the "managed UI applications" part of the Cumulocity universe and it's giving main character energy π
π OPTIONS π
-h,--help[=false]β help for applications. yes bestie, the classic. when in doubt, ask for help π
π OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS π
these are the flags that trickle down from the parent command, and there are so many of them. buckle up babes, we're going through every single one π
--abortOnErrors=10β abort the batch once you hit this many errors. no cap, ten strikes and the whole thing just stops π--allowEmptyPipe[=false]β don't fail when the piped input (stdin) is empty. so when your pipe gives you nothing, it just shrugs instead of throwing hands π--cache[=false]β enable cached responses. reusing is literally self-care β¨--cacheBodyPaths=[]β the cache should limit hashing to the selected paths in the json body. empty means all values get hashed π--cacheTTL="60s"β cache time-to-live (TTL), written as a duration, i.e.60s,2m. so it's giving "how long is this snack good for" β³-c,--compact[=false]β compact instead of pretty-printed output when you're using json output. plot twist though: pretty print is the default if the output is the terminal π₯οΈ--confirm[=false]β prompt for confirmation. yes, it will literally ask you first, consent is iconic π«Ά--confirmText=""β custom confirmation text, for when you want the prompt to say your words π¬--currentPage=0β the current page that should be returned π--customQueryParam=[]β add custom URL query parameters, i.e.--customQueryParam 'withCustomOption=true,myOtherOption=myvalue'β go off, customize your little heart out π₯--debug[=false]β set very verbose log messages. she's loud, she's chatty, she's telling you everything π£οΈ--delay="0ms"β delay after each request, i.e.5ms,1.2sβ±οΈ--delayBefore="0ms"β delay before each request, i.e.5ms,1.2sβ±οΈ--dry[=false]β dry run. don't send any data to the server. all the vibes, none of the consequences π--dryFormat="markdown"β dry run output format, i.e.json,dump,markdownorcurlπ--examples[=false]β show examples for the current command. we love a demo π--filter=[]β apply a client side filter to the response before returning it to the user. sift out the noise before it reaches you π§--flatten[=false]β flatten json output by replacing nested json properties with properties whose names are represented by dot notation. nested? not anymore, bestie πͺ-f,--force[=false]β do not prompt for confirmation. ignored when using--confirm. so--confirmwins the argument, periodt π-H,--header=[]β custom headers, i.e.--header "Accept: value, AnotherHeader: myvalue"π¨--includeAll[=false]β include all results by iterating through each page. every last one, no crumbs left behind πͺ-k,--insecure[=false]β allow insecure server connections when using SSL. careful bestie, this one's spicy πΆοΈ-l,--logMessage=""β add a custom message to the activity log βοΈ--maxJobs=0β maximum number of jobs.0= unlimited (use with caution!). the manpage literally said caution, so like... caution β οΈ--noAccept[=false]β ignore Accept header will remove the Accept header from requests, however PUT and POST requests will only see the effect. read that one twice, it's doing a lot π--noCache[=false]β force disabling of cached responses (overwrites the cache setting). cache said no β-M,--noColor[=false]β don't use colors when displaying log entries on the console. sad beige logging for sad beige times π¨--noLog[=false]β disables the activity log for the current command π«--noProgress[=false]β disable progress bars. no bar, no drama π--noProxy[=false]β ignore the proxy settings π-n,--nullInput[=false]β don't read the input (stdin). useful if using in shellfor/whileloops. she does not want your input, respectfully π-o,--output="table"β output format, i.e.table,json,csv,csvheaderπ--outputFile=""β save JSON output to a file (after select/view) πΎ--outputFileRaw=""β save the raw response to a file (before select/view) πΎ--outputTemplate=""β jsonnet template to apply to the output π§©-p,--pageSize=5β maximum results per page. five at a time, like lil snack portions π--progress[=false]β show a progress bar. this will also disable any other verbose output. it's giving focus mode π―--proxy=""β proxy setting, i.e.http://10.0.0.1:8080π-r,--raw[=false]β show the raw response. this mode will forceoutput=jsonandview=offβ no filter, no glam, just raw πͺ--retries=3β max number of attempts when a failed http call is encountered. she tries three times, she's persistent like that πͺ--select=[]β comma separated list of properties to return. wildcards and globstar accepted, i.e.--select 'id,name,type,**.serialNumber'π―--session=""β session configuration π--sessionMode=""β override the default session mode for a single command, which would normally be disabled π-P,--sessionPassword=""β override the session password. keep it secret, keep it safe π€«-U,--sessionUsername=""β override the session username, i.e.peterort1234/peter(with tenant) π€--silentExit[=false]β silent status codes do not affect the exit code. hush hush π€--silentStatusCodes=""β status codes which will not print out an error message π--timeout="600s"β request timeout duration, i.e.60s,2mβ°--totalPages=0β total number of pages to get π-v,--verbose[=false]β verbose logging. she's telling you everything and honestly? we're listening π--view="auto"β use views when displaying data on the terminal. disable using--view offπ--withError[=false]β errors will be printed on stdout instead of stderr. moving the error to the other stream, iconic π--withTotalElements[=false]β request Cumulocity to include the total elements in the response statistics under.statistics.totalElements(introduced in 10.13) π’-t,--withTotalPages[=false]β request Cumulocity to include the total pages in the response statistics under.statistics.totalPagesπ--workers=1β number of workers. one worker by default, but she can absolutely bring friends π―
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
go read those too, iykyk π
that's the whole page babes, no notes π this one's from the c8y(1) manual, dated Jan 1980 β yes, the footer really is that vintage, and honestly? retro icon behavior π°οΈπ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: go-c8y-cli 2.56.1
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