Crosh Commands - Dell Chromebook 5190 Owner's Manual

2 Press <Clrl> + <Alt> + <T> The interface appears as shown in the screenshot below:
3 Type in the CROSH command for diagnostics. Type 'help' for a list of available commands. Type help_advanced to display a complete
list of commands for debugging purposes
Alternately, refer to CROSH Commands for the list of the CROSH commands available for diagnostics.

CROSH commands

The table below lists the available commands in Chrome Shell (CROSH).
Table 14. Help commands
Command
exit
help
help_advanced
ping
ssh
ssh_forget_host
top
Purpose
Exits the CROSH Shell.
Displays this help.
Displays the help for more advanced commands, used for
debugging.
[-c count] [-i interval] [-n] [-s packetsize] [-W waittime] — Sends
ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a network host. If is "gw", then
the next hop gateway for the default route is used. It works just like
the ping command on other operating systems. Press <Clrt> + <C>
to stop the ping process or halt any other command in CROSH.
[optional args...] — Starts the ssh subsystem if invoked without any
arguments. "ssh <user> <host>", "ssh <user> <host> <port>", "ssh<
user>@<host>". or "ssh <user>@<host> <port>" connect without
entering the subsystem
Removes a host from the list of known ssh hosts. This command
displays a menu of known hosts and prompts for the host to forget.
Sets the chaps debug logging level. No arguments start verbose
logging
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