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# help

## Name

help -- Display help on available commands

## Synopsis

help [`topic`]

## Arguments

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
`topic` | String | Which command to provide help for. | All commands

## Description

The help command displays information about the available RedBoot commands. If a topic is given, then the display is restricted to information about that specific command.

If the command has sub-commands, e.g. fis, then the topic specific display will print additional information about the available sub-commands. special (ICMP) packets to a specific host. These packets should be automatically returned by that host. The command will indicate how many of these round-trips were successfully completed.

## Examples

Show generic help. Note that the contents of this display will depend on the various configuration options for RedBoot when it was built.

    RedBoot> help
    Manage aliases kept in FLASH memory
       alias name [value]
    Manage machine caches
       cache [ON | OFF]
    Display/switch console channel
       channel [-1|<channel number>]
    Compute a 32bit checksum [POSIX algorithm] for a range of memory
       cksum -b <location> -l <length>
    Display (hex dump) a range of memory
       dump -b <location> [-l <length>] [-s] [-1|2|4]
    Manage FLASH images
       fis {cmds}
    Manage configuration kept in FLASH memory
       fconfig [-i] [-l] [-n] [-f] [-d] | [-d] nickname [value]
    Execute code at a location
       go [-w <timeout>] [entry]
    Help about help?
       help [<topic>]
    Set/change IP addresses
       ip_address [-l <local_ip_address>] [-h <server_address>]
    Load a file
       load [-r] [-v] [-d] [-h <host>] [-m {TFTP | HTTP | {x|y}MODEM -c <channel_number>}]
            [-b <base_address>] <file_name>
    Compare two blocks of memory
       mcmp -s <location> -d <location> -l <length> [-1|-2|-4]
    Fill a block of memory with a pattern
       mfill -b <location> -l <length> -p <pattern> [-1|-2|-4]
    Network connectivity test
       ping [-v] [-n <count>] [-l <length>] [-t <timeout>] [-r <rate>]
            [-i <IP_addr>] -h <IP_addr>
    Reset the system
       reset
    Display RedBoot version information
       version
    Display (hex dump) a range of memory
       x -b <location> [-l <length>] [-s] [-1|2|4]

Help about a command with sub-commands.

    RedBoot> help fis
    Manage FLASH images
       fis {cmds}
    Create an image
      fis create -b <mem_base> -l <image_length> [-s <data_length>]
          [-f <flash_addr>] [-e <entry_point>] [-r <ram_addr>] [-n] <name>
    Display an image from FLASH Image System [FIS]
      fis delete name
    Erase FLASH contents
      fis erase -f <flash_addr> -l <length>
    Display free [available] locations within FLASH Image System [FIS]
      fis free
    Initialize FLASH Image System [FIS]
      fis init [-f]
    Display contents of FLASH Image System [FIS]
      fis list [-c] [-d]
    Load image from FLASH Image System [FIS] into RAM
      fis load [-d] [-b <memory_load_address>] [-c] name
    Write raw data directly to FLASH
      fis write -f <flash_addr> -b <mem_base> -l <image_length>

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