Microsoft Command Shell Standardized Verb Set
by Pavel Simakov on 2006-03-27 15:17:02 under Meta-Modeling, view comments
by Pavel Simakov on 2006-03-27 15:17:02 under Meta-Modeling, view comments
- From Monad Technology Blog
entry of February 16, 2006 7:42 PM.
| Ubiquitous Verbs | Definition | Common Parameters | Obsoletes | Pair |
| Add | Add, append or attach an element | At, After, Before, Create, Filter, ID, Name, Value, Whatif | append, attach, concatenate, insert | Remove |
| Clear | Remove all the elements or content of a container | flush, erase, release, unmark, unset, nullify | ||
| Copy | Copy a resource to another name or another container | Acl, Overwrite, Recurse, Strict, Whatif | duplicate, clone, replicate | |
| Get | /object /content /children | All, As, Compatible, Continuous, Count, Encoding, Exclude, Filter, Include, ID, Interval, Name, Path, Property, Recurse, Scope, Sortby, | read, open, cat, type, dir, obtain, dump, acquire, examine, find, search | Set |
| Lock | To protect from changes or deletion | secure, fasten | Unlock | |
| Move | Move a resource | transfer, name, migrate | ||
| New | create a new resource | Description, ID, Name, Value | create, generate, build, make, allocate | Remove |
| Remove | Remove a resource from a container | (Get), Drain, Erase, Force, Whatif | delete, disconnect, detach, drop, purge, flush, erase, release | Add/New |
| Rename | Give a resource a new name | |||
| Set | /object /content /children | Passthru, | write, reset, assign, configure | Get |
| Join | to unite so as to form one unit | combine, unite, link, 1connect, relate, associate | split | |
| Split | To become separated into parts, especially to undergo lengthwise division. Divided into portions, parts, or fragments | Divide, separate, fragment, disunite | join | |
| Unlock | To undo the Lock operation. To give access to; open | unsecure, unfasten | Lock |
| Data Verbs | Definition | Obsoletes | Pair | |
| Backup | Restore | |||
| Compare | Compare this resource with another one and produce a set of differences | Diff | ||
| Convert | Change from one encoding to another or from one unit base to another (e.g. feet to meters) | |||
| Export | Make a copy of a set of resources using an interchange format | (get), Add, As, AsScript, Delete, Description, FileName, Location, Strict, Whatif | extract, backup | Import |
| Import | Create a set of resources using an interchange format | FileName, Location | bulk load, load | Export |
| Initialize | Prepare a resource for use. Assign a beginning value to something | erase, renew, rebuild, reinitialize, setup | ||
| Limit | Limit the consumption of a resource or apply a constraint on a resource | quota | ||
| Merge | Take multiple instances and create a single instance | coalesce | ||
| Restore | Rollback state to a predefined snapshot/checkpoint | Checkpoint | ||
| Update | update or refresh a resource from a source of truth | refresh, renew, recalculate, reindex | ||
| Mount | Attach a named entity to a hierarchy at the pathname location. To set in position | fix, organize, prepare | Dismount | |
| Dismount | To get off. To detach. | detach, take-down | Mount | |
| out | direct to a port. Output something to a port. | output. |
| Lifecycle Verbs | Definition | Obsoletes | Pair | |
| Disable | Stop and/or configure something to be unavailable (e.g unable to not start again) | Enable | ||
| Enable | Configure to be available (e.g. able to start) | Disable | ||
| Install | Settle in an indicated place or condition (optionally initializing for use) | setup, load | Uninstall | |
| Restart | Terminate existing activity and begin it again (with the same or checkpointed configuration) | recycle | ||
| Resume | Begin an activity again after it was suspended | Suspend | ||
| Start | Begin an activity | launch, initiate, boot | Stop | |
| Stop | Discontinue or cease an activity | End, kill, terminate, cancel | Start | |
| Suspend | Suspend an activity temporarily | Pause | Resume | |
| Uninstall | Install |
| Diagnostics verb | Definition | Obsoletes | Pair | |
| Debug | Interactively interact with a resource or activity for the purpose finding a flaw or better understanding of what is occurring. | |||
| Measure | calculate/identify resources consumed by a specified operation or retrieve statistics about a resource | |||
| Ping | Determine whether a resource is alive and responding to requests | |||
| Resolve | Map a shorthand name will be bound to a longname | where, which | ||
| Test | Verify the operational validity or consistency of a resource | diagnose, verify, analyze, salvage, verify | ||
| Trace | Trace activities performed by a specified operation |
| Communications | Definition | Obsoletes | Pair | |
| Send | Convey by an intermediary to a destination | put, broadcast, mail, fax, | receive | |
| Receive | Take or acquire from a source | read, accept, peek, | send | |
| Connect | Associate subsequent activities with a resource | disconnect | ||
| Disconnect | Connect | |||
| write | communicate or express. Display data. | display, communicate | read | |
| read | To obtain (data) from a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk. | input | write |
| Security | Definition | Obsoletes | Pair | |
| Grant | Revoke | |||
| Revoke | Grant | |||
| Block | prevent access to or usage of | unblock | ||
| Unblock | allow access to or usage of | block |
| Other Verbs | Definition | Obsoletes | Pair | |
| Use |
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