Running the Scout Command Interface

Last published : Oct 16, 2026
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Overview

Running SCMD for direct execution of commands

Requires
Some commands require a file containing the data to be processed. This file must be located in the program directory or contain a fully-qualified path.
  1. Open the Windows command line and change to the program directory.
  2. Enter the following command: [scmd -u -p [-d ] [] []]

Running for execution of file processing commands

Requires
The structured files must be prepared and located in the program directory or specified with a fully-qualified path.
  1. Open the Windows command line and change to the program directory.
  2. Enter the following command: [scmd -u -p [-d ] <> <> <>] You can specify any number of files.
    To use pass-through authentication, skip the user specification.
The program uses the database access data entered during the installation and a dynamically created user DSN to connect to the database.
For the file processing commands, the files are processed in the order they have been entered. If the file names contain wildcards, they are put in alphabetical order.

Showing the version of the Scout Command Interface

  1. Open the Windows command line and change to the program directory.
  2. Enter the following command:

Showing help

  1. Open the Windows command line and change to the program directory.
  2. Enter the command without parameters.
The command syntax and optional parameters are displayed.