Help Commands
Required User Role: User with administrator privileges
You can get help to see available commands on the nessuscli tool, as well as get help for a specific command.
To see and copy the full command for your specific operating system, see the Command Quick Reference.
Usage
To get help for the nessuscli tool, use the following command:
The help output may vary, depending on your Nessus license.
The following is example output for Tenable Nessus Manager help:
Usage: nessuscli command [options]
Usage: nessuscli command help
Bug Reporting Commands:
- bug-report-generator
- bug-report-generator --quiet [--full] [--scrub]
User Commands:
- rmuser [username]
- chpasswd [username]
- adduser [username]
- lsuser
Manager Commands:
- manager download-core
- manager generate-plugins
Fetch Commands:
- fetch --register <serial>
- fetch --register-offline [<file.rc>]
- fetch --check
- fetch --code-in-use
- fetch --challenge
- fetch --security-center
Fix Commands:
- fix [--secure] --list
- fix [--secure] --set <name=value>
- fix [--secure] --get <name>
- fix [--secure] --delete <name>
- fix --list-interfaces
- fix --reset
Certificate Commands:
- mkcert-client
- mkcert [-q]
Software Update Commands:
- update
- update --all
- update --plugins-only
- update <plugin archive>
Help for a specific command
To get help for the usage of a specific command, use the following command :
For example, to get help for the usage of the bug-report-generator command, type:
# nessuscli bug-report-generator help
Usage: nessuscli bug-report-generator
Usage: nessuscli bug-report-generator --quiet [--full] [--scrub]
Generate an archive of system diagnostics.
Running without arguments will prompt for values.
--quiet: run the bug report generator without prompting user for feedback
--scrub: when in quiet mode, bug report generator will sanitize the last two octets of the IPv4 address
--full: when in quiet mode, bug report generator will collect extra data
For the full command for your operating system, see the following:
Linux: