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layout: default
navsection: userguide
-title: Command line SDK
+title: "Intro: Command line SDK"
navorder: 10
---
h1. Command line SDK
-If you are logged in to an Arvados VM, the command line SDK should be
-installed. Try:
+If you are logged in to an Arvados VM, the command line SDK should be installed. Try:
@arv --help@
Set the ARVADOS_API_HOST environment variable.
-@export ARVADOS_API_HOST=xyzzy.arvadosapi.com@
+@export ARVADOS_API_HOST={{ site.arvados_api_host }}@
Log in to Workbench and get an API token for your account. Set the ARVADOS_API_TOKEN environment variable.
@arv -h user get --uuid 6dnxa-tpzed-iimd25zhzh84gbk@
Update user record
-@arv user update --uuid 6dnxa-tpzed-iimd25zhzh84gbk --first_name "Bob"@
+@arv user update --uuid 6dnxa-tpzed-iimd25zhzh84gbk --first-name "Bob"@
Get list of groups (showing just UUIDs)
@arv group list@