Miscellaneous Procedures > Using the CLI Utility > Execution Modes > Command Line Mode

Command Line Mode
In command line mode, when the CLI utility is invoked on the Linux command line with options, commands, parameters, the utility performs the specified commands, displays any values requested by any command, and returns the Linux shell prompt. To commit the changes made in command line mode, make sure to enter the CLI command again followed by config savetoflash. See Saving CLI Changes for more details.
The following screen example shows entering the CLI command with the -s option on the command line in command mode. When the command completes, the shell prompt returns.
[admin@OnSite /]# CLI -s config security adduser username \ username
Compressing configuration files into /tmp/ saving_config.tar.gz ... done.

Miscellaneous Procedures > Using the CLI Utility > Execution Modes > Command Line Mode