General Commands

The CLI includes the following general commands:

Command	Description

Command	Description
`cli render as <table-renderer>`	Modifies how table data is rendered. Valid options are `'alt'` (the default) and `'csv'`.
`cli search commands <query>`	Searches available commands using regex.
`cli version`	Prints the CDAP CLI version.
`connect-link <[http[s]://]<hostname>[:<port>][/<path>]> [namespace]`	Connects to a CDAP instance.
`help` `[<command-category>]`	Prints this helper text. Optionally, provide <command-category> for help for a specific category.
`exit`	Exits the CDAP CLI.
`quit`	Exits the CDAP CLI.

Starting in 6.1.4, the connect command is deprecated. Use the connect-link command instead.