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layout: docs
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page_title: CLI emulation in the Vault GUI
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description: >-
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Run basic Vault CLI commands in your Vault web UI with a REPL terminal.
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---
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# CLI emulation in the Vault GUI
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The Vault GUI includes an advanced mode that uses a read–eval–print loop (REPL)
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terminal to mimic basic create/read/update/delete/list (CRUDL) commands for
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users who are more familiar with the Vault CLI than the GUI.
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<Note title="Limited emulation">
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The Vault Web REPL terminal **is not** a full terminal emulator. You cannot
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use typical `bash` elements like environment variables, HEREDOC, or data/file
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piping unless explicitly stated otherwise.
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</Note>
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## Command history
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The Web REPL keeps a history of all commands your enter during the current
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session. Refreshing the browser window and using the `clearall` command resets
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your command history.
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Use the up and down arrows while the REPL prompt has focus to cycle through the
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command history. Fully cycling backward, past the start of the history, wraps
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around to the most recent command. Cycling forward past the most recent command
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stops at an empty prompt.
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## Supported commands
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<Tip>
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The Web REPL terminal accepts commands with, or without, the `vault` prefix to
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ensure example commands from the Vault documentation work when pasted into
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the Web REPL terminal.
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</Tip>
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## Supported Vault CLI commands
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REPL command | Associated CLI command | REPL differences
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------------ | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------
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`delete` | [`delete`](/vault/docs/commands/delete) | None
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`list` | [`list`](/vault/docs/commands/list) | Issues GET requests with the `?list=true` query parameter rather than `LIST` requests
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`read` | [`read`](/vault/docs/commands/read) | None
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`write` | [`write`](/vault/docs/commands/write) | Does not support `@` syntax to set parameters and actions that require data structures as input are not supported
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`kv-get` | [`kv get`](/vault/docs/commands/kv/get) | Only supports path syntax and KVv2 plugins, supports the `-metatdata` flag as shorthand for `-field=metadata`
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## REPL-specific commands
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Command | Description
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------------ | -----------
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`api` | Opens the interactive OpenAPI explorer in the Vault UI with information for all endpoints you can use with your current permissions
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`clear` | Clears all output in the current Web REPL log
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`clearall` | Clears the command history and all output in the current Web REPL log
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`fullscreen` | Toggles the Web REPL terminal into, and out of, fullscreen view in the browser window
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`help` | Prints the list of all available REPL commands with short descriptions
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`refresh` | Refresh data on the current Vault GUI page to see the affects of a recent command
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