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<p>Just like verbs are actions in a sentence and adverbs modify verbs, so
in the <em>newt</em> tool, commands are actions and flags modify actions. A
command can have subcommands. Arguments to commands and subcommands,
with appropriate flags, dictate the execution and result of a command.</p>
<p>For instance, in the example below, the <em>newt</em> command has the
subcommand <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">target</span> <span class="pre">set</span></code> in which the argument ‘my_target1’ is the
target whose attribute, <em>app</em>, is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;apache-mynewt-core/hw/bsp/nrf52dk</span></code></p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">newt target set my_target1 app=@apache-mynewt-core/hw/bsp/nrf52dk</span>
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<p>Global flags work uniformly across <em>newt</em> commands. Consider the flag
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-v,</span> <span class="pre">--verbose,</span></code> It works both for command and subcommands, to
generate verbose output. Likewise, the help flag <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-h</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--help,</span></code>
to print helpful messsages.</p>
<p>A command may additionally take flags specific to it. For example, the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-n</span></code> flag instructs <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">newt</span> <span class="pre">debug</span></code> not to start GDB from command line.</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">newt debug &lt;target-name&gt; -n</span>
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<p>In addition to the documentation in <a class="reference internal" href="index.html"><span class="doc">Newt Tool Guide</span></a>,
command-line help is available for each command (and subcommand),
through the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-h</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--help</span></code> options.</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">newt target --help</span>
<span class="go">Commands to create, delete, configure, and query targets</span>
<span class="go">Usage:</span>
<span class="go"> newt target [flags]</span>
<span class="go"> newt target [command]</span>
<span class="go">Available Commands:</span>
<span class="go"> amend Add, change, or delete values for multi-value target variables</span>
<span class="go"> config View or populate a target&#39;s system configuration</span>
<span class="go"> copy Copy target</span>
<span class="go"> create Create a target</span>
<span class="go"> delete Delete target</span>
<span class="go"> dep View target&#39;s dependency graph</span>
<span class="go"> revdep View target&#39;s reverse-dependency graph</span>
<span class="go"> set Set target configuration variable</span>
<span class="go"> show View target configuration variables</span>
<span class="go">Global Flags:</span>
<span class="go"> -h, --help Help for newt commands</span>
<span class="go"> -j, --jobs int Number of concurrent build jobs (default 8)</span>
<span class="go"> -l, --loglevel string Log level (default &quot;WARN&quot;)</span>
<span class="go"> -o, --outfile string Filename to tee output to</span>
<span class="go"> -q, --quiet Be quiet; only display error output</span>
<span class="go"> -s, --silent Be silent; don&#39;t output anything</span>
<span class="go"> -v, --verbose Enable verbose output when executing commands</span>
<span class="go">Use &quot;newt target [command] --help&quot; for more information about a command.</span>
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