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Running tdwcmd

Invoke tdwcmd from the command line. You can issue commands directly or from a script, batch file, or other program.
On Windows, tdwcmd is a batch file with a .bat extension. On UNIX, tdwcmd is a shell script with no extension.
    1. At the command line, switch to the directory where the tdwcmd executable file is located.
    By default, tdwcmd is installed in the following directory:
    <TDM installation directory>\utilities\tdwcli\bin
    2. Enter tdwcmd followed by the command name and the required options and arguments.
    For example:
    tdwcmd -command_name [-option1] argument_1 [-option2] argument_2...
To view the command line syntax, enter the following command:
tdwcmd -h