The CIM Command-line Utility has two help options that display the usage syntax. The --help option displays a summary of the tasks. The --help-detail option displays detailed usage information for all the tasks.

For example:

C:\Endeca\CAS\<version>\bin>component-manager-cmd.bat --help
usage: component-manager-cmd <task-name> [options]

  list-types
  list-components
  create-component
  delete-component

For detailed usage information including task options, use --help-detail
For detailed usage information for individual task options, use <task-name> --help