13.2. STSADM.EXE Inline Help
To get the list of operations that are available, use the following command:
STSADM.exe -help or STSADM.exe -?
You may want to pipe the results to a text file as the results zoom by too quickly on screen. The following command would put the list of STSADM operations in a file called stsadm.txt on the root of the C: drive. You could then open the text file with any text editor.
STSADM.exe -help >c: stsadm.txt
Another option is to use the |more pipe to show only the first screen of the results and give you options to view the remaining text either one line or one screen at a time. Use the following command to use more:
STSADM.EXE -help |more
The output appears in Figure 13.1.
Figure 13.1. Using the more pipe with ...
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