Commands

Every command can be abbreviated to a unique beginning, and ? or help works anywhere.

Operational mode

Command	Does
configure / config	enter configuration mode
show configuration	the active configuration (| display set prints it as set lines)
show system alarms	whether the machine is exactly as its history says, and any pending confirmed commit
show system ledger [<count>]	every recorded change, newest first, with its number (#85)
show system commit	the configurations, numbered for rollback
show system rollback <n> [compare <m>]	configuration <n>, or what going from <n> to <m> changes
show version	TorqOS, NixOS, the kernel and torqcli versions
show system uptime	uptime, load and the last change
show interfaces [<interface>]	network interfaces' state and addresses
show system storage	disks' size and use, and the system versions kept
show packages <words>	search this machine's packages (* marks installed ones)
show services	the services the configuration turns on, and how SSH is protected
show users	people with an account, who is logged in, and their groups
request system password [<user>]	change a password (kept outside the configuration)
request system update [all]	load the newest signed TorqOS release (all: and nixpkgs) into the candidate
request system software rollback <n>	load configuration <n>'s software into the candidate (a downgrade)
request system revert <change>	undo one recorded change (#85 or 85)
request system repair	return a machine changed outside TorqOS to its last commit (asks first)
help [<command> | <words>]	the commands, one command, or a search of commands and settings

Configuration mode

Command	Does
set <setting> <value>	set a value, or add one to a list
delete <setting> [<value>]	remove one value, or a setting and everything below it
edit <place> · up [<n>] · top	move around the tree
show	the candidate, from where you are
show | compare	what a commit would change (show | compare rollback <n>: against configuration <n>)
commit	apply the candidate (asks first)
commit check	build without switching
commit confirmed [<minutes>]	apply, and roll back by itself unless confirmed (1–1440, default 10)
commit comment "<text>"	commit with a note
commit and-quit	commit, then leave configuration mode
rollback <n> [<place>]	load configuration <n> (or one part of it) into the candidate
rollback 0	discard the candidate
file edit|show|delete <file> · file list	manage the configuration's Nix files
set <place> config <file>	attach a Nix file to a place
save <file>	save the candidate to a file
load merge|override|set <file>	load a saved configuration (terminal instead of a file: paste it)
run <command>	run an operational command
exit · exit configuration-mode · Ctrl+D	leave configuration mode

Pipes

After any show:

Pipe	Does
| compare	compare with the active configuration
| display set	as set commands
| display detail	with commits, store paths and other details
| display diff	a comparison as the raw diff of the files
| grep, | wc, | head, | tail, | sort, | uniq, | cut, | tr	the Linux tools, with their usual options
| no-more	no pager

From your shell

Command	Does
torqcli	start the interactive shell
torqcli <command>	run one operational command
torqcli -c "<commands>"	run commands separated by ;, in a private candidate
torqcli --help	how torqcli is run
torqcli -v <command>	on error, show every cause and where the full log is