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  <refentryinfo>
    <title>nmcli</title>
    <author>NetworkManager developers</author>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>nmcli</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="manual">General Commands Manual</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>nmcli</refname>
    <refpurpose>command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></arg>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>help</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>general</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>networking</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>radio</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>connection</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>device</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>agent</option></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><option>monitor</option></arg>
      </group>
      <arg><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></arg>
      <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id='description'><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>nmcli</command> is a command-line tool for controlling
    NetworkManager and reporting network status. It can be utilized as a
    replacement for <command>nm-applet</command> or other graphical clients.
    <command>nmcli</command> is used to create, display, edit, delete, activate,
    and deactivate network connections, as well as control and display network
    device status. See
    <link linkend='nmcli-examples'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli-examples</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>
    for ready to run nmcli examples.</para>

    <para>Typical uses include:</para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Scripts: Utilize NetworkManager via <command>nmcli</command> instead of
        managing network connections manually. <command>nmcli</command> supports a
        terse output format which is better suited for script processing. Note that
        NetworkManager can also execute scripts, called "dispatcher scripts", in
        response to network events. See
        <link linkend='NetworkManager'><link linkend='NetworkManager'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></link></link>
        for details about these dispatcher scripts.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Servers, headless machines, and terminals: <command>nmcli</command> can
        be used to control NetworkManager without a GUI, including creating, editing,
        starting and stopping network connections and viewing network status.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='options'><title>Options</title>
    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-a</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--ask</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When using this option <command>nmcli</command> will stop and ask for any
          missing required arguments, so do not use this option for non-interactive
          purposes like scripts. This option controls, for example, whether you will be
          prompted for a password if it is required for connecting to a network.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-c</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--colors</option></arg>
          <group choice='req'>
            <arg choice='plain'>yes</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>no</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>auto</arg>
          </group>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>This option controls color output (using terminal escape sequences).
          <literal>yes</literal> enables colors, <literal>no</literal> disables them,
          <literal>auto</literal> only produces colors when standard output is directed
          to a terminal. The default value is <literal>auto</literal>.</para>
          <para>The actual colors used are configured as described in
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>terminal-colors.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
          Please refer to the <link linkend='colors' endterm='colors.title' /> section for a
          list of color names supported by <command>nmcli</command>.</para>
          <para>If the environment variable <literal>NO_COLOR</literal> is set (to any non-empty value),
          then coloring is disabled with mode "auto". If the environment variable <literal>CLICOLOR_FORCE</literal>
          is set (to any non-empty value), then coloring is enabled with mode "auto". Explicitly enabling coloring overrides
          the environment variable.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--complete-args</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Instead of conducting the desired action, <command>nmcli</command>
          will list possible completions for the last argument. This is useful to implement
          argument completion in shell.</para>

          <para>The <link linkend='exit_status'>exit status</link> will indicate success
          or return a code 65 to indicate the last argument is a file name.</para>

          <para>NetworkManager ships with command completion support for GNU Bash.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-e</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--escape</option></arg>
          <group choice='req'>
            <arg choice='plain'>yes</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>no</arg>
          </group>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Whether to escape <literal>:</literal> and <literal>\</literal> characters in terse tabular mode. The
          escape character is <literal>\</literal>.</para>

          <para>If omitted, default is <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-f</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--fields</option></arg>
          <group choice='req'>
            <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>field1</replaceable>,<replaceable>field2</replaceable></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>all</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>common</arg>
          </group>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>This option is used to specify what fields (column names) should be
          printed. Valid field names differ for specific commands. List available fields
          by providing an invalid value to the <option>--fields</option> option.
          <literal>all</literal> is used to print all valid field values of the
          command. <literal>common</literal> is used to print common field values of
          the command.</para>

          <para>If omitted, default is <literal>common</literal>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-g</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--get-values</option></arg>
          <group choice='req'>
            <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>field1</replaceable>,<replaceable>field2</replaceable></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>all</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>common</arg>
          </group>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>This option is used to print values from specific fields. It is basically
          a shortcut for <literal>--mode tabular --terse --fields</literal> and is a convenient
          way to retrieve values for particular fields. The values are printed one per line
          without headers.</para>

          <para>If a section is specified instead of a field, the section name will be printed
          followed by colon separated values of the fields belonging to that section, all on
          the same line.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-h</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--help</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Print help information.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-m</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--mode</option></arg>
          <group choice='req'>
            <arg choice='plain'>tabular</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>multiline</arg>
          </group>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Switch between tabular and multiline output:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>tabular</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>Output is a table where each line describes a single entry.
                Columns define particular properties of the entry.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>multiline</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>Each entry comprises multiple lines, each property on its
                own line. The values are prefixed with the property name.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>

          <para>If omitted, default is <literal>tabular</literal> for most commands.
          For the commands producing more structured information, that cannot be
          displayed on a single line, default is <literal>multiline</literal>.
          Currently, they are:</para>

          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para><literal>nmcli connection show <replaceable>ID</replaceable></literal></para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para><literal>nmcli device show</literal></para>
            </listitem>
          </itemizedlist>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-p</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--pretty</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Output is pretty. This causes <command>nmcli</command> to produce easily
          readable outputs for humans, i.e. values are aligned, headers are printed,
          etc.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-s</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--show-secrets</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>When using this option <command>nmcli</command> will display passwords
          and secrets that might be present in an output of an operation. This option
          also influences echoing passwords typed by user as an input.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-t</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--terse</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Output is terse. This mode is designed and suitable for computer (script)
          processing.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--offline</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Work without a daemon. Makes <command>connection add</command> and
          <command>connection modify</command> commands accept and produce connection
          data via standard input/output. Ordinarily, nmcli would communicate with
          the NetworkManager service.</para>

          <para>The connection data format (keyfile) is described in
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-keyfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
          manual.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-v</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--version</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show <command>nmcli</command> version.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-w</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--wait</option></arg></group>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>seconds</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>This option sets a timeout period for which <command>nmcli</command> will
          wait for NetworkManager to finish operations. It is
          especially useful for commands that may take a longer time to complete, e.g.
          connection activation.</para>

          <para>Specifying a value of <literal>0</literal> instructs
          <command>nmcli</command> not to wait but to exit immediately with a status of
          success. The default value depends on the executed command.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='general'><title>General Commands</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli general</command>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>status</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>hostname</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>permissions</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>logging</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>reload</command></arg>
      </group>
      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>Use this command to show NetworkManager status and permissions. You can also get
    and change system hostname, as well as NetworkManager logging level and domains.</para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><command>status</command></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show overall status of NetworkManager. This is the default action, when
          no additional command is provided for <command>nmcli general</command>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>hostname</command>
          <arg><replaceable>hostname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Get and change system hostname. With no arguments, this prints currently
          configured hostname. When you pass a hostname, it will be handed over to
          NetworkManager to be set as a new system hostname.</para>

          <para>Note that the term "system" hostname may also be referred to as
          "persistent" or "static" by other programs or tools. The hostname is stored
          in <filename>/etc/hostname</filename> file in most distributions. For example,
          systemd-hostnamed service uses the term "static" hostname and it only reads
          the <filename>/etc/hostname</filename> file when it starts.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><command>permissions</command></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show the permissions a caller has for various authenticated operations
          that NetworkManager provides, like enable and disable networking, changing
          Wi-Fi and WWAN state, modifying connections, etc.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>logging</command>
          <arg><option>level</option> <replaceable>level</replaceable></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat'><option>domains</option> <replaceable>domains</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Get and change NetworkManager logging level and
          domains. Without any argument current logging level and domains are shown. In
          order to change logging state, provide <option>level</option> and, or,
          <option>domain</option> parameters. See
          <link linkend='NetworkManager.conf'><link linkend='NetworkManager.conf'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></link></link>
          for available level and domain values.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>reload</command>
          <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>flags</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            Reload NetworkManager's configuration and perform certain
            updates, like flushing caches or rewriting external state to
            disk. This is similar to sending SIGHUP to NetworkManager
            but it allows for more fine-grained control over what to
            reload through the flags argument. It also allows non-root
            access via PolicyKit and contrary to signals it is
            synchronous. Available flags are:
          </para>
          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>conf</option></term>
              <listitem><para>
                Reload the NetworkManager.conf configuration from
                disk. Note that this does not include connections, which
                can be reloaded through <command>nmcli connection
                reload</command> instead.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>dns-rc</option></term>
              <listitem><para>
                Update DNS configuration, which usually involves writing
                /etc/resolv.conf anew. This is equivalent to sending the
                SIGUSR1 signal to the NetworkManager process.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>dns-full</option></term>
              <listitem><para>
                Restart the DNS plugin. This is for example useful when
                using dnsmasq plugin, which uses additional
                configuration in
                <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d</filename>. If
                you edit those files, you can restart the DNS
                plugin. This action shortly interrupts name resolution.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
          <para>
            With no flags, everything that is supported is reloaded,
            which is identical to sending a SIGHUP. See
            <citerefentry>
              <refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle>
              <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry>
            for more details about signals.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='networking'><title>Networking Control Commands</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli networking</command>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>on</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>off</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>connectivity</command></arg>
      </group>
      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>Query NetworkManager networking status, enable and disable networking.
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><command>on</command></term>
        <term><command>off</command></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Enable or disable networking control by NetworkManager.
          All interfaces managed by NetworkManager are deactivated when networking
          is disabled.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>connectivity</command>
          <arg>check</arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Get network connectivity state. The optional <option>check</option>
          argument tells NetworkManager to re-check the connectivity, else the most
          recent known connectivity state is displayed without re-checking.</para>

          <para>Possible states are:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>none</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the host is not connected to any network.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>portal</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the host is behind a captive portal and cannot reach the full Internet.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>limited</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the host is connected to a network, but it has no access to the Internet.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>full</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the host is connected to a network and has full access to the Internet.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><arg choice='plain'>unknown</arg></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the connectivity status cannot be found out.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='radio'><title>Radio Transmission Control Commands</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli radio</command>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>all</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>wifi</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>wwan</command></arg>
      </group>
      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>Show radio switches status, or enable and disable the switches.</para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wifi</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'>on</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>off</arg>
          </group>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show or set status of Wi-Fi in NetworkManager. If no arguments are
          supplied, Wi-Fi status is printed; <option>on</option> enables Wi-Fi;
          <option>off</option> disables Wi-Fi.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wwan</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'>on</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>off</arg>
          </group>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show or set status of WWAN (mobile broadband) in NetworkManager. If no
          arguments are supplied, mobile broadband status is printed;
          <option>on</option> enables mobile broadband, <option>off</option>
          disables it.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>all</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'>on</arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>off</arg>
          </group>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show or set all previously mentioned radio switches at the same time.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='monitor'><title>Activity Monitor</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli monitor</command>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>Observe NetworkManager activity. Watches for changes
    in connectivity state, devices or connection profiles.</para>

    <para>See also <command>nmcli connection monitor</command>
    and <command>nmcli device monitor</command> to watch
    for changes in certain devices or connections.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='connection'><title>Connection Management Commands</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli connection</command>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>show</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>up</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>down</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>modify</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>add</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>edit</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>clone</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>delete</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>monitor</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>reload</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>load</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>import</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>export</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>migrate</command></arg>
      </group>
      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>NetworkManager stores all network configuration as "connections",
    which are collections of data (Layer2 details, IP addressing, etc.) that
    describe how to create or connect to a network. A connection is "active"
    when a device uses that connection's configuration to create or connect to
    a network. There may be multiple connections that apply to a device, but only
    one of them can be active on that device at any given time. The additional
    connections can be used to allow quick switching between different networks
    and configurations.</para>

    <para>Consider a machine which is usually connected to a DHCP-enabled network,
    but sometimes connected to a testing network which uses static IP addressing.
    Instead of manually reconfiguring eth0 each time the network is changed, the
    settings can be saved as two connections which both apply to eth0, one for DHCP
    (called <literal>default</literal>) and one with the static addressing details (called
    <literal>testing</literal>). When connected to the DHCP-enabled network the user would run
    <command>nmcli con up default</command> , and when connected to the static network the user
    would run <command>nmcli con up testing</command>.</para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>show</command>
          <arg><option>--active</option></arg>
          <arg>
             <option>--order</option>
             <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'>[+-]<replaceable>category</replaceable>:</arg>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>List in-memory and on-disk connection profiles, some of which may also be
          active if a device is using that connection profile. Without a parameter, all
          profiles are listed. When <option>--active</option> option is specified, only
          the active profiles are shown.</para>

          <para>The <option>--order</option> option can be used to get custom
          ordering of connections. The connections can be ordered by active status
          (<literal>active</literal>), name (<literal>name</literal>), type
          (<literal>type</literal>) or D-Bus path (<literal>path</literal>). If
          connections are equal according to a sort order category, an additional
          category can be specified. The default sorting order is equivalent to
          <literal>--order active:name:path</literal>. <literal>+</literal> or no
          prefix means sorting in ascending order (alphabetically or in numbers),
          <literal>-</literal> means reverse (descending) order. The category names
          can be abbreviated (e.g. <literal>--order -a:na</literal>).</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>show</command>
          <arg><option>--active</option></arg>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>apath</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show details for specified connections. By default, both static
          configuration and active connection data are displayed. When
          <option>--active</option> option is specified, only the active profiles are
          taken into account. Use global <option>--show-secrets</option> option to
          display secrets associated with the profile.</para>

          <para><option>id</option>, <option>uuid</option>,
          <option>path</option> and <option>apath</option> keywords can be used
          if <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous.  Optional
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords are:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>id</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the <replaceable>ID</replaceable> denotes a connection name.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>uuid</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the <replaceable>ID</replaceable> denotes a connection UUID.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>path</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the <replaceable>ID</replaceable> denotes a D-Bus
                static connection path in the format of
                /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/<replaceable>num</replaceable>
                or just <replaceable>num</replaceable>.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>apath</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>the <replaceable>ID</replaceable> denotes a D-Bus active connection path in the format of
                /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/<replaceable>num</replaceable> or just
                <replaceable>num</replaceable>.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>

          <para>It is possible to filter the output using the global
          <option>--fields</option> option. Use the following values:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>profile</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>only shows static profile configuration.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>active</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>only shows active connection data (when the profile is active).</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>

          <para>You can also specify particular fields. For static configuration, use
          setting and property names as described in
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry> manual page. For active data use GENERAL, IP4, DHCP4, IP6,
          DHCP6, VPN.</para>

          <para>When no command is given to the <command>nmcli connection</command>,
          the default action is <command>nmcli connection show</command>.</para>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>up</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>ap</option> <replaceable>BSSID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>passwd-file</option> <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Activate a connection. The connection is identified by its name, UUID or
          D-Bus path. If <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword <option>id</option>,
          <option>uuid</option> or <option>path</option> can be used. When
          requiring a particular device to activate the connection on, the
          <option>ifname</option> option with interface name should be given. If the
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is not given an <option>ifname</option> is required, and
          NetworkManager will activate the best available connection for the given
          <option>ifname</option>. In case of a VPN connection, the
          <option>ifname</option> option specifies the device of the base connection.
          The <option>ap</option> option specify what particular AP should be used in
          case of a Wi-Fi connection.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 90
          seconds.</para>

          <para>See <command>connection show</command> above for the description of the
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords.</para>

          <para>Available options are:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>ifname</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>interface that will be used for activation.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>ap</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>BSSID of the AP which the command should connect to (for Wi-Fi connections).</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>passwd-file</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>some networks may require credentials during activation. You can give
                these credentials using this option. Each line of the file should contain one
                password in the form:

                <programlisting>setting_name.property_name:the password</programlisting>

                For example, for WPA Wi-Fi with PSK, the line would be

                <programlisting>802-11-wireless-security.psk:secret12345</programlisting>

                For 802.1X password, the line would be

                <programlisting>802-1x.password:my 1X password</programlisting>

                <command>nmcli</command> also accepts <literal>wifi-sec</literal> and <literal>wifi</literal> strings instead of
                <literal>802-11-wireless-security</literal>. When NetworkManager requires a password and it is
                not given, <command>nmcli</command> will ask for it when run with <option>--ask</option>.
                If <option>--ask</option> was not passed, NetworkManager can ask another secret
                agent that may be running (typically a GUI secret agent, such as nm-applet or
                gnome-shell).</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>down</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>apath</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Deactivate a connection from a device without preventing the device from
          further auto-activation. Multiple connections can be passed to the
          command.</para>

          <para>Be aware that this command deactivates the specified active connection,
          but the device on which the connection was active, is still ready to connect
          and will perform auto-activation by looking for a suitable connection that has
          the 'autoconnect' flag set. Note that the deactivating connection profile is
          internally blocked from autoconnecting again. Hence it will not autoconnect
          until reboot or until the user performs an action that unblocks autoconnect,
          like modifying the profile or explicitly activating it.</para>

          <para>In most cases you may want to use <command>device down</command>
          command instead.</para>

          <para>The connection is identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. If
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword <option>id</option>,
          <option>uuid</option>, <option>path</option> or
          <option>apath</option> can be used.</para>

          <para>See <command>connection show</command> above for the description of
          the <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout
          will be 10 seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>modify</command>
          <arg><option>--temporary</option></arg>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>option</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>[+|-]<replaceable>setting</replaceable>.<replaceable>property</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Add, modify or remove properties in the connection profile.</para>

          <para>To set the property just specify the property name followed by the
          value. An empty value (<literal>""</literal>) resets the property value to
          the default.</para>

          <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry> for complete reference of setting and property names, their descriptions
          and default values. The <replaceable>setting</replaceable> and
          <replaceable>property</replaceable> can be abbreviated provided they are unique.</para>

          <para>If you want to append an item or a flag to the existing value, use
          <literal>+</literal> prefix for the property name or alias. If you want to
          remove items from a container-type or flag property, use <literal>-</literal> prefix.
          For certain properties you can also remove elements by specifying the zero-based
          index(es).
          The <literal>+</literal> and <literal>-</literal> modifiers
          only have a real effect for properties that support them.
          These are for example multi-value (container) properties or flags like <literal>ipv4.dns</literal>,
          <literal>ip4</literal>, <literal>ipv4.addresses</literal>, <literal>bond.options</literal>,
          <literal>802-1x.phase1-auth-flags</literal> etc.</para>

          <para>The connection is identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. If
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword <option>id</option>,
          <option>uuid</option> or <option>path</option> can be used.
          The <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is not used with the global
          <option>--offline</option> option.</para>

          <para>When the global <option>--offline</option> is used, the
          command reads the connection from the standard input and prints the
          modified connection to standard output instead of making the
          the NetworkManager daemon act upon specified connection.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>modify</command>
          <arg><option>--temporary</option></arg>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>remove</option> <replaceable>setting</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Removes a setting from the connection profile.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>add</command>
          <arg><option>save</option><group choice='req'><arg choice='plain'>yes</arg><arg choice='plain'>no</arg></group></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>option</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>[+|-]<replaceable>setting</replaceable>.<replaceable>property</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Create a new connection using specified properties.</para>

          <para>You need to describe the newly created connections with the property and value pairs.
          See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry> for the complete reference. The syntax is
          the same as of the <command>nmcli connection modify</command> command.</para>

          <para>To construct a meaningful connection you at the very least need to set the
          <option>connection.type</option> property (or use the <option>type</option> alias)
          to one of known NetworkManager connection types:</para>

          <!--
            See also: nm_meta_setting_info_get_base_type_priority().

              nmcli '-'-complete-args connection add type "" |
              sort |
              awk '
                /^(bond|bridge|team)-slave$/ {
                    printf "            <listitem><para><literal>%s</literal> (deprecated for ethernet with master)</para></listitem>\n", $0;
                    next;
                }
                /^(wifi|ethernet|olpc-mash)$/ {
                    next;
                }
                {
                    alias = "";
                    if ($0 == "802-11-wireless")  { alias = "wifi"; }
                    if ($0 == "802-3-ethernet")   { alias = "ethernet"; }
                    if ($0 == "802-11-olpc-mesh") { alias = "olpc-mesh"; }
                    if (alias != "") {
                        printf "            <listitem><para><literal>%s</literal> (alias <literal>%s</literal>)</para></listitem>\n", $0, alias;
                    } else {
                        printf "            <listitem><para><literal>%s</literal></para></listitem>\n", $0;
                    }
                }
              '

          -->
          <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
            <listitem><para><literal>6lowpan</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>802-11-olpc-mesh</literal> (alias <literal>olpc-mesh</literal>)</para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>802-11-wireless</literal> (alias <literal>wifi</literal>)</para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>802-3-ethernet</literal> (alias <literal>ethernet</literal>)</para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>adsl</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>bluetooth</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>bond</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>bond-slave</literal> (deprecated for ethernet with master)</para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>bridge</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>bridge-slave</literal> (deprecated for ethernet with master)</para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>cdma</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>dummy</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>generic</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>gsm</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>infiniband</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>ip-tunnel</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>macsec</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>macvlan</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>olpc-mesh</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>ovs-bridge</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>ovs-dpdk</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>ovs-interface</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>ovs-patch</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>ovs-port</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>pppoe</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>team</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>team-slave</literal> (deprecated for ethernet with master)</para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>tun</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>veth</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>vlan</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>vpn</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>vrf</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>vxlan</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>wifi-p2p</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>wimax</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>wireguard</literal></para></listitem>
            <listitem><para><literal>wpan</literal></para></listitem>
          </itemizedlist>

          <para>The most typical uses are described in the <link linkend='examples' endterm='examples.title' /> section.</para>

          <para>Aside from the properties and values two special options are accepted:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>save</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>Controls whether the connection should be persistent, i.e. NetworkManager should
                store it on disk (default: <literal>yes</literal>).</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>--</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>If a single <option>--</option> argument is encountered it is ignored.
                This is for compatibility with older versions on <command>nmcli</command>.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>

          <para>When the global <option>--offline</option> is used, the
          command prints the resulting connection to standard output instead of
          actually adding the connection via the NetworkManager daemon.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>edit</command>
          <group choice='req'>
            <arg choice='plain'>
              <group>
                <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
                <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
                <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
              </group>
              <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
            </arg>
            <arg choice='plain'>
              <arg><option>type</option> <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
              <arg><option>con-name</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
            </arg>
          </group>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Edit an existing connection or add a new one, using an interactive editor.</para>

          <para>The existing connection is identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. If
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword <option>id</option>,
          <option>uuid</option>, or <option>path</option> can be used. See
          <command>connection show</command> above for the description of the
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords. Not providing an
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable> means that a new connection will be added.</para>

          <para>The interactive editor will guide you through the connection editing and
          allow you to change connection parameters according to your needs by means of
          a simple menu-driven interface. The editor indicates what settings and
          properties can be modified and provides in-line help.</para>

          <para>Available options:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>type</option></term>
              <listitem>
                  <para>type of the new connection; valid types are the same as for
                  <command>connection add</command> command.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>con-name</option></term>
              <listitem>
                  <para>name for the new connection. It can be changed later in the editor.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>

          <para>See also
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry> for all NetworkManager settings and property names, and their
          descriptions; and
          <link linkend='nmcli-examples'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli-examples</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>
          for sample editor sessions.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>clone</command>
          <arg><option>--temporary</option></arg>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>new_name</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Clone a connection. The connection to be cloned is identified by its
          name, UUID or D-Bus path. If <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword
          <option>id</option>, <option>uuid</option> or <option>path</option>
          can be used. See <command>connection show</command> above for the description
          of the <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords. <replaceable>new_name</replaceable> is
          the name of the new cloned connection. The new connection will be the exact
          copy except the connection.id (<replaceable>new_name</replaceable>) and
          connection.uuid (generated) properties.</para>

          <para>The new connection profile will be saved as persistent unless
          <option>--temporary</option> option is specified, in which case the new profile
          won't exist after NetworkManager restart.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>delete</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Delete a configured connection. The connection to be deleted is
          identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. If <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a
          keyword <option>id</option>, <option>uuid</option> or <option>path</option> can be used.
          See <command>connection show</command> above for the description of
          the <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 10
          seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>monitor</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Monitor connection profile activity. This command prints a line whenever
          the specified connection changes. The connection to be monitored is identified
          by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. If <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword
          <option>id</option>, <option>uuid</option> or <option>path</option>
          can be used. See <command>connection show</command> above for the description of the
          <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords.</para>

          <para>Monitors all connection profiles in case none is specified. The command
          terminates when all monitored connections disappear. If you want to monitor
          connection creation consider using the global monitor with <command>nmcli
          monitor</command> command.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>reload</command>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Reload all connection files from disk.
          NetworkManager does not monitor changes to connection.
          So you need to use this command in order to tell
          NetworkManager to re-read the connection profiles from
          disk when a change was made to them.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>load</command>
          <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Load/reload one or more connection files from disk. Use this after
          manually editing a connection file to ensure that
          NetworkManager is aware of its latest state.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>import</command>
          <arg><option>--temporary</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>type</option> <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>file</option> <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Import an external/foreign configuration as a NetworkManager connection
          profile. The type of the input file is specified by <option>type</option>
          option.</para>

          <para>Only VPN configurations are supported at the moment. The configuration is
          imported by NetworkManager VPN plugins. <option>type</option> values are
          the same as for <option>vpn-type</option> option in <command>nmcli
          connection add</command>. VPN configurations are imported by VPN plugins.
          Therefore the proper VPN plugin has to be installed so that <command>nmcli</command> could import
          the data.</para>

          <para>The imported connection profile will be saved as persistent unless
          <option>--temporary</option> option is specified, in which case the new profile
          won't exist after NetworkManager restart.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>export</command>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Export a connection.</para>

          <para>Only VPN connections are supported at the moment. A proper VPN plugin has
          to be installed so that <command>nmcli</command> could export a connection. If no
          <replaceable>file</replaceable> is provided, the VPN configuration
          data will be printed to standard output.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>migrate</command>
          <arg>
             <option>--plugin</option>
             <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>plugin</replaceable></arg>
          </arg>
          <group>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>id</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>uuid</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>path</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
        </term>
        <listitem>
	  <para>Migrate connection profiles to a different settings plugin, such
	  as <literal>keyfile</literal> (default) or <literal>ifcfg-rh</literal>.</para>

          <para>The connection to be migrated is identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path.
	  If <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is ambiguous, a keyword <option>id</option>,
	  <option>uuid</option> or <option>path</option> can be used. See <command>connection
	  show</command> above for the description of the
	  <replaceable>ID</replaceable>-specifying keywords.</para>

          <para>If no connections are specified, the command acts on all available
	  connections. Therefore, with no arguments, the command migrates all connection
          profiles to the <literal>keyfile</literal> plugin.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 10
          seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='device'><title>Device Management Commands</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli device</command>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>status</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>show</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>set</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>up</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>connect</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>reapply</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>modify</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>down</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>disconnect</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>delete</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>monitor</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>wifi</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>lldp</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>checkpoint</command></arg>
      </group>
      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>Show and manage network interfaces.</para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><command>status</command></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Print status of devices.</para>

          <para>This is the default action if no command is specified to
          <command>nmcli device</command>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>show</command>
          <arg><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show detailed information about devices. Without an argument, all
          devices are examined. To get information for a specific device, the interface
          name has to be provided.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>set</command>
          <arg>ifname</arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg>
            <option>autoconnect</option>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'>yes</arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>no</arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
          <arg>
            <option>managed</option>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'>yes</arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>no</arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Set device properties.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>up</command>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Connect the device. NetworkManager will try to find a suitable connection
          that will be activated. It will also consider connections that are not set to
          auto connect.</para>

          <para>If no compatible connection exists, a new profile with default
          settings will be created and activated. This differentiates
          <command>nmcli connection up ifname "$DEVICE"</command> from
          <command>nmcli device up "$DEVICE"</command></para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 90
          seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>connect</command>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Alias for command <command>up</command>. Before version 1.34.0 <command>up</command>
                was not supported.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>reapply</command>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Attempt to update device with changes to the currently active connection
          made since it was last applied.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>modify</command>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>option</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>[+|-]<replaceable>setting</replaceable>.<replaceable>property</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Modify the settings currently active on the device.</para>

          <para>This command lets you do temporary changes to a configuration active on
          a particular device. The changes are not preserved in the connection profile.</para>

          <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry> for the list of available properties. Please note that some
          properties can't be changed on an already connected device.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>down</command>
          <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Disconnect a device and prevent the device from automatically activating
          further connections without user/manual intervention. Note that disconnecting
          software devices may mean that the devices will disappear.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout
          will be 10 seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>disconnect</command>
          <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Alias for command <command>down</command>. Before version 1.34.0 <command>down</command>
                was not supported.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>delete</command>
          <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Delete a device. The command removes the interface from the system. Note
          that this only works for software devices like bonds, bridges, teams, etc.
          Hardware devices (like Ethernet) cannot be deleted by the command.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 10
          seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>monitor</command>
          <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Monitor device activity. This command prints a line whenever the
          specified devices change state.</para>

          <para>Monitors all devices in case no interface is specified. The monitor
          terminates when all specified devices disappear. If you want to monitor device
          addition consider using the global monitor with <command>nmcli
          monitor</command> command.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wifi</command>
          <arg>
            <command>list</command>
            <group>
              <option>--rescan</option>
              <arg choice='plain'><option>auto</option></arg>
              <arg choice='plain'><option>no</option></arg>
              <arg choice='plain'><option>yes</option></arg>
            </group>
            <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
            <arg><option>bssid</option> <replaceable>BSSID</replaceable></arg>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>List available Wi-Fi access points. The <option>ifname</option> and
          <option>bssid</option> options can be used to list APs for a particular
          interface or with a specific BSSID, respectively.</para>
          <para>By default, <command>nmcli</command> ensures that the access point list
          is no older than 30 seconds and triggers a network scan if necessary. The
          <option>--rescan</option> can be used to either force or disable the scan
          regardless of how fresh the access point list is.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wifi</command>
          <command>connect</command>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>(B)SSID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>password</option> <replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
          <arg>
            <option>wep-key-type</option>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'>key</arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>phrase</arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
          <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>bssid</option> <replaceable>BSSID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>name</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
          <arg>
            <option>private</option>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'>yes</arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>no</arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
          <arg>
            <option>hidden</option>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'>yes</arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>no</arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Connect to a Wi-Fi network specified by SSID or BSSID. The command
          finds a matching connection or creates one and then activates it on a device.
          This is a command-line counterpart of clicking an SSID in a GUI client. If
          a connection for the network already exists, it is possible to bring up
          (activate) the existing profile as follows:
          <command>nmcli con up id <replaceable>name</replaceable></command>. Note that
          only open, WEP and WPA-PSK networks are supported if no previous connection
          exists. It is also assumed that IP configuration is obtained via DHCP.</para>

          <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 90
          seconds.</para>

          <para>Available options are:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>password</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>password for secured networks (WEP or WPA).</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>wep-key-type</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>type of WEP secret, either <option>key</option> for ASCII/HEX key or
                <option>phrase</option> for passphrase.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>ifname</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>interface that will be used for activation.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>bssid</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>if specified, the created connection will be restricted just for the
                BSSID.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>name</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>if specified, the connection will use the name (else NM creates a name
                itself).</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>private</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>if set to <literal>yes</literal>, the connection will only be visible
                to the user who created it. Otherwise, the connection is system-wide, which is
                the default.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>hidden</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>set to <literal>yes</literal> when connecting for the first time to an
                AP not broadcasting its SSID. Otherwise, the SSID would not be found and the
                connection attempt would fail.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wifi</command>
          <command>hotspot</command>
          <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>con-name</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>ssid</option> <replaceable>SSID</replaceable></arg>
          <arg>
            <option>band</option>
            <group choice='req'>
              <arg choice='plain'>a</arg>
              <arg choice='plain'>bg</arg>
            </group>
          </arg>
          <arg><option>channel</option> <replaceable>channel</replaceable></arg>
          <arg><option>password</option> <replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Create a Wi-Fi hotspot. The command creates a hotspot connection profile
          according to Wi-Fi device capabilities and activates it on the device. The
          hotspot is secured with WPA if device/driver supports that, otherwise WEP is
          used. Use <command>connection down</command> or <command>device
          down</command> to stop the hotspot.</para>

          <para>Parameters of the hotspot can be influenced by the optional
          parameters:</para>

          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>ifname</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>what Wi-Fi device is used.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>con-name</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>name of the created hotspot connection profile.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>ssid</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>SSID of the hotspot.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>band</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>Wi-Fi band to use.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>channel</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>Wi-Fi channel to use.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><option>password</option></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>password to use for the created hotspot. If not provided, <command>nmcli</command> will
                generate a password. The password is either WPA pre-shared key or WEP
                key.</para>

                <para>Note that <option>--show-secrets</option> global option can be used to
                print the hotspot password. It is useful especially when the password was
                generated.</para>
              </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wifi</command>
          <command>rescan</command>
          <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat'><option>ssid</option> <replaceable>SSID</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Request that NetworkManager immediately re-scan for
          available access points. NetworkManager scans Wi-Fi networks periodically, but
          in some cases it can be useful to start scanning manually (e.g. after resuming
          the computer). By using <option>ssid</option>, it is possible to scan for a
          specific SSID, which is useful for APs with hidden SSIDs. You can provide
          multiple <option>ssid</option> parameters in order to scan more
          SSIDs.</para>

          <para>This command does not show the APs, use <command>nmcli device wifi list</command>
          for that.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>wifi</command>
          <command>show-password</command>
          <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show the details of the active Wi-Fi networks, including the
          secrets.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>lldp</command>
          <arg>
            <command>list</command>
            <arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          </arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Display information about neighboring devices learned through the Link
          Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). The <option>ifname</option> option can be
          used to list neighbors only for a given interface. The protocol must be enabled
          in the connection settings.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>checkpoint</command>
          <arg><option>--timeout</option> <replaceable>seconds</replaceable></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--</option></arg>
          <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Runs the command with a configuration checkpoint taken and asks for a
          confirmation when finished. When the confirmation is not given, the
          checkpoint is automatically restored after timeout.</para>

          <para>This allows doing disruptive configuration changes over remote
          connections with an option of restoring the network configuration to a
          known good state in case of an error.</para>

          <para>If the a list of interface names is specified, the checkpoint is
          taken, the checkpoint is takes only on the specified devices. Otherwise
          a checkpoint is taken for all devices.</para>

          <para>Currently the timeout defaults to 15 seconds. This may change in
          a future version.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='agent'><title>Secret Agent</title>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nmcli agent</command>
      <group choice='req'>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>secret</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>polkit</command></arg>
        <arg choice='plain'><command>all</command></arg>
      </group>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <para>Run <command>nmcli</command> as a NetworkManager secret agent, or polkit agent.</para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><command>secret</command></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Register <command>nmcli</command> as a NetworkManager secret agent and listen for secret
          requests. You usually do not need this command, because <command>nmcli</command> can handle
          secrets when connecting to networks. However, you may find the command useful
          when you use another tool for activating connections and you do not have a
          secret agent available (like nm-applet).</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>polkit</command>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Register <command>nmcli</command> as a polkit agent for the user session and listen for
          authorization requests. You do not usually need this command, because <command>nmcli</command> can
          handle polkit actions related to NetworkManager operations (when run with
          <option>--ask</option>). However, you may find the command useful when you want
          to run a simple text based polkit agent and you do not have an agent of a desktop
          environment.  Note that running this command makes <command>nmcli</command> handle all polkit requests,
          not only NetworkManager related ones, because only one polkit agent can run for the
          session.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>all</command>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Runs <command>nmcli</command> as both NetworkManager secret and a polkit agent.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='colors'><title id='colors.title'>Colors</title>
    <para>Implicit coloring can be disabled by an empty file
    <filename>/etc/terminal-colors.d/nmcli.disable</filename>.</para>

    <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>terminal-colors.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    for more details about colorization configuration.
    The logical color names supported by <command>nmcli</command> are:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connection-activated</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A connection that is active.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connection-activating</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection that is being activated.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connection-disconnecting</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection that is being disconnected.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connection-external</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection representing configuration created externally to NetworkManager.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connection-invisible</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection whose details is the user not permitted to see.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connection-deprecated</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection that uses deprecated settings. It might not be possible to activate it.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connectivity-full</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connectivity state when Internet is reachable.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connectivity-limited</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connectivity state when only a local network reachable.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connectivity-none</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connectivity state when the network is disconnected.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connectivity-portal</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connectivity state when a captive portal hijacked the connection.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>connectivity-unknown</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connectivity state when a connectivity check didn't run.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-activated</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Device that is connected.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-activating</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Device that is being configured.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-disconnected</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Device that is not connected.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-external</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Device configured externally to NetworkManager.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-firmware-missing</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Warning of a missing device firmware.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-plugin-missing</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Warning of a missing device plugin.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-unavailable</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Device that is not available for activation.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>device-disabled</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Device is disabled by software or hardware kill switch.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>manager-running</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Notice that the NetworkManager daemon is available.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>manager-starting</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Notice that the NetworkManager daemon is being initially connected.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>manager-stopped</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Notice that the NetworkManager daemon is not available.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>permission-auth</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>An action that requires user authentication to get permission.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>permission-no</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>An action that is not permitted.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>permission-yes</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>An action that is permitted.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>prompt</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Prompt in interactive mode.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-asleep</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager in suspended state.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-connected-global</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager in connected to Internet.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-connected-local</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager in local network.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-connected-site</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager in connected to networks other than Internet.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-connecting</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager is establishing a network connection.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-disconnected</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager is disconnected from a network.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>state-disconnecting</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Indication that NetworkManager is being disconnected from a network.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>wifi-signal-excellent</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Wi-Fi network with an excellent signal level.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>wifi-signal-fair</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Wi-Fi network with a fair signal level.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>wifi-signal-good</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Wi-Fi network with a good signal level.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>wifi-signal-poor</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Wi-Fi network with a poor signal level.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>wifi-signal-unknown</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Wi-Fi network that hasn't been actually seen (a hidden AP).</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>wifi-deprecated</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Wi-Fi network that might be impossible to connect to due to use of deprecated functionality.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>disabled</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A property that is turned off.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>enabled</option></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A property that is turned on.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='environment_variables'><title>Environment Variables</title>

    <para><command>nmcli</command>'s behavior is affected by the following
    environment variables.</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>LC_ALL</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>If set to a non-empty string value, it overrides the values of all the
          other internationalization variables.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>LC_MESSAGES</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Determines the locale to be used for internationalized messages.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>LANG</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
          unset or null.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>NO_COLOR</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Default to not producing colored and paged output. The
          <option>--colors</option> option, if used, takes precedence.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>PAGER</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Filter to pipe the output through if it doesn't fit on a screen.
          Can be a file name of an executable or a shell command. Empty string to
          disable the functionality.</para>

          <para>Note that the pager command is expected to handle wide characters
          and ANSI escape sequences for changing colors (unless they're disabled).
          <command>nmcli</command> sets up the environment variables
          <envar>LESS</envar> and <envar>LESSCHARSET</envar> appropriately for the
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
          pager, other pagers may or may not need extra configuration.</para>

          <para>If unspecified,
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
          and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>more</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
          will be tried (in that order).</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>TERM</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Terminal type. If <literal>dumb</literal>, <command>nmcli</command>
          will not use a pager or produce ANSI escape sequences for coloring.</para>
          <para>Terminal types other than <literal>dumb</literal> are assumed to
          support ASCII escape sequences for setting the output color.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='internationalization_notes'><title>Internationalization notes</title>

    <para>Be aware that <command>nmcli</command> is localized and that is why the
    output depends on your environment. This is important to realize especially
    when you parse the output.</para>

    <para>Call <command>nmcli</command> as <command>LC_ALL=C nmcli</command> to
    be sure the locale is set to <literal>C</literal> while executing in a script.</para>

    <para><envar>LC_ALL</envar>, <envar>LC_MESSAGES</envar>, <envar>LANG</envar>
    variables specify the <envar>LC_MESSAGES</envar> locale category (in that
    order), which determines the language that <command>nmcli</command> uses for
    messages. The <literal>C</literal> locale is used if none of these variables are set, and this
    locale uses English messages.</para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='exit_status'><title>Exit Status</title>

    <para><command>nmcli</command> exits with status 0 if it succeeds, a value
    greater than 0 is returned if an error occurs.</para>

    <variablelist spacing='compact' termlength='3'>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>0</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Success &ndash; indicates the operation succeeded.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>1</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Unknown or unspecified error.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>2</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Invalid user input, wrong <command>nmcli</command>
          invocation.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>3</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Timeout expired (see <option>--wait</option> option).</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>4</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection activation failed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>5</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection deactivation failed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>6</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Disconnecting device failed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>7</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection deletion failed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>8</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>NetworkManager is not running.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>10</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Connection, device, or access point does not exist.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>65</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>When used with <option>--complete-args</option> option, a file name is expected to follow.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='examples'><title id='examples.title'>Examples</title>

    <para>This section presents various examples of <command>nmcli</command> usage. If you want even
    more, please refer to
    <link linkend='nmcli-examples'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli-examples</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>
    manual page.</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -t -f RUNNING general</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>tells you whether NetworkManager is running or not.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -t -f STATE general</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows the overall status of NetworkManager.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli radio wifi off</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>switches Wi-Fi off.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli connection show</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>lists all connections NetworkManager has.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -p -m multiline -f all con show</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows all configured connections in multi-line mode.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli connection show --active</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>lists all currently active connections.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -f name,autoconnect c s</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows all connection profile names and their auto-connect property.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -p connection show "My default em1"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows details for "My default em1" connection profile.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli --show-secrets connection show "My Home Wi-Fi"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows details for "My Home Wi-Fi" connection profile with all passwords.
          Without <option>--show-secrets</option> option, secrets would not be
          displayed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -f active connection show "My default em1"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows details for "My default em1" active connection, like IP, DHCP
          information, etc.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -f profile con s "My wired connection"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows static configuration details of the connection profile with "My
          wired connection" name.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -p con up "My wired connection" ifname eth0</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>activates the connection profile with name "My wired connection" on
          interface eth0. The -p option makes <command>nmcli</command> show progress of the
          activation.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con up 6b028a27-6dc9-4411-9886-e9ad1dd43761 ap 00:3A:98:7C:42:D3</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>connects the Wi-Fi connection with UUID
          6b028a27-6dc9-4411-9886-e9ad1dd43761 to the AP with BSSID
          00:3A:98:7C:42:D3.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli device status</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows the status for all devices.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli dev down em2</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>disconnects a connection on interface em2 and marks the device as
          unavailable for auto-connecting. As a result, no connection will automatically
          be activated on the device until the device's 'autoconnect' is set to TRUE or
          the user manually activates a connection.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -f GENERAL,WIFI-PROPERTIES dev show wlan0</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows details for wlan0 interface; only GENERAL and WIFI-PROPERTIES
          sections will be shown.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -f CONNECTIONS device show wlp3s0</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>shows all available connection profiles for your Wi-Fi interface
          wlp3s0.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli dev wifi</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>lists available Wi-Fi access points known to NetworkManager.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli dev wifi con "Cafe Hotspot 1" password caffeine name "My cafe"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>creates a new connection named "My cafe" and then connects it to "Cafe
          Hotspot 1" SSID using password "caffeine". This is mainly useful when
          connecting to "Cafe Hotspot 1" for the first time. Next time, it is better to
          use <command>nmcli con up id "My cafe"</command> so that the
          existing connection profile can be used and no additional is created.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli -s dev wifi hotspot con-name QuickHotspot</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>creates a hotspot profile and connects it. Prints the hotspot password
          the user should use to connect to the hotspot from other devices.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli dev modify em1 ipv4.method shared</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>starts IPv4 connection sharing using em1 device. The sharing will be active
          until the device is disconnected.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli dev modify em1 ipv6.address 2001:db8::a:bad:c0de</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>temporarily adds an IP address to a device. The address will be removed
          when the same connection is activated again.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli connection add type ethernet autoconnect no ifname eth0</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>non-interactively adds an Ethernet connection tied to eth0 interface with
          automatic IP configuration (DHCP), and disables the connection's <literal>autoconnect</literal>
          flag.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli c a ifname Maxipes-fik type vlan dev eth0 id 55</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>non-interactively adds a VLAN connection with ID 55. The connection will
          use eth0 and the VLAN interface will be named Maxipes-fik.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli c a ifname eth0 type ethernet ipv4.method disabled ipv6.method link-local</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>non-interactively adds a connection that will use eth0 Ethernet interface
          and only have an IPv6 link-local address configured.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli connection edit ethernet-em1-2</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>edits existing "ethernet-em1-2" connection in the interactive
          editor.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli connection edit type ethernet con-name "yet another Ethernet connection"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>adds a new Ethernet connection in the interactive editor.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con mod ethernet-2 connection.autoconnect no</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>modifies 'autoconnect' property in the 'connection' setting of
          'ethernet-2' connection.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con mod "Home Wi-Fi" wifi.mtu 1350</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>modifies 'mtu' property in the 'wifi' setting of 'Home Wi-Fi'
          connection.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con mod em1-1 ipv4.method manual ipv4.addr "192.168.1.23/24 192.168.1.1, 10.10.1.5/8, 10.0.0.11"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>sets manual addressing and the addresses in em1-1 profile.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con modify ABC +ipv4.dns 8.8.8.8</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>appends a Google public DNS server to DNS servers in ABC profile.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con modify ABC -ipv4.addresses "192.168.100.25/24 192.168.1.1"</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>removes the specified IP address from (static) profile ABC.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con import type openvpn file ~/Downloads/frootvpn.ovpn</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>imports an OpenVPN configuration to NetworkManager.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><userinput>nmcli con export corp-vpnc /home/joe/corpvpn.conf</userinput></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>exports NetworkManager VPN profile corp-vpnc as standard Cisco (vpnc)
          configuration.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='notes'><title>Notes</title>
    <para><command>nmcli</command> accepts abbreviations, as long as they are a unique prefix in the set
    of possible options. As new options get added, these abbreviations are not guaranteed
    to stay unique. For scripting and long term compatibility it is therefore strongly
    advised to spell out the full option names.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='bugs'><title>Bugs</title>
    <para>There are probably some bugs. If you find a bug, please report it to your distribution
    or upstream at <literal>https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager</literal>.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='see_also'><title>See Also</title>
    <para>
    <link linkend='nmcli-examples'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli-examples</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <link linkend='nm-settings-nmcli'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings-nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <link linkend='nm-online'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-online</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <link linkend='NetworkManager'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <link linkend='NetworkManager.conf'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-applet</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-connection-editor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>terminal-colors.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>