The CLI utility has the following three execution modes:Command line mode refers to when the CLI utility is invoked on the Linux command line with options, commands, and parameters and values. See Command Line Mode.
• Batch mode refers to when the CLI utility is invoked with the -f file option, or it is invoked from a script, and the commands are executed from the specified file or script. See Batch Mode.When invoked without commands, CLI enters interactive mode; see Interactive Mode.” See Interactive Mode.