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`gfsh` (pronounced "jee-fish") provides a single, powerful command-line interface from which you can launch, manage, and monitor <%=vars.product_name%> processes, data, and applications.

-   **[What You Can Do with gfsh](about_gfsh.html)**

    `gfsh` supports the administration, debugging, and deployment of <%=vars.product_name_long%> processes and applications.

-   **[Starting gfsh](starting_gfsh.html)**

    Before you start `gfsh`, confirm that you have set JAVA\_HOME and that your PATH variable includes the `gfsh` executable.

-   **[Configuring the gfsh Environment](configuring_gfsh.html)**

    The `gfsh.bat` and `gfsh` bash script automatically append the required <%=vars.product_name_long%> and JDK .jar libraries to your existing CLASSPATH. There are user-configurable properties you can set for security, environment variables, logging, and troubleshooting.

-   **[Useful gfsh Shell Variables](useful_gfsh_shell_variables.html)**

    You can use the built-in `gfsh` shell variables in scripts.

-   **[Basic Shell Features and Command-Line Usage](getting_started_gfsh.html)**

    The `gfsh` utility provides useful features for a shell environment, including command auto-complete, preserved command history, and delimiting of multi-line commands. Context-sensitive help is available by command and by topic.

-   **[Specifying JSON within Command-Line Options](json_in_gfsh.html)**

    Some `gfsh` commands allow JSON specifications within command-line options.

-   **[Tutorial—Performing Common Tasks with gfsh](tour_of_gfsh.html)**

    This topic takes you through a typical sequence of tasks that you execute after starting `gfsh`.

-   **[Quick Reference of gfsh Commands by Functional Area](gfsh_quick_reference.html)**

    This quick reference sorts all commands into functional areas.

-   **[gfsh Command Help](gfsh_command_index.html)**

    This section provides help and usage information on all `gfsh` commands, listed alphabetically.

-   **[Creating and Running gfsh Command Scripts](command_scripting.html)**

    `gfsh` offers several ways to run commands in a scripting environment.

-   **[Running gfsh Commands on the OS Command Line](os_command_line_execution.html)**

-   **[Mapping of cache.xml Elements to gfsh Configuration Commands.](cache_xml_2_gfsh.html)**

    You can configure a <%=vars.product_name%> cluster using either cache.xml files, or you can use `gfsh` and the cluster configuration service to configure a cluster. This section maps cache.xml elements to the `gfsh` commands that configure and manage a cluster.