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+title: "Netdata CLI"
+description: "The Netdata Agent includes a command-line experience for reloading health configuration, reopening log files, halting the daemon, and more."
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+
+# Netdata CLI
+
+You can see the commands `netdatacli` supports by executing it with `netdatacli` and entering `help` in
+standard input. All commands are given as standard input to `netdatacli`.
+
+The commands that a running netdata agent can execute are the following:
+
+```sh
+The commands are (arguments are in brackets):
+help
+ Show this help menu.
+reload-health
+ Reload health configuration.
+save-database
+ Save internal DB to disk for for memory mode save.
+reopen-logs
+ Close and reopen log files.
+shutdown-agent
+ Cleanup and exit the netdata agent.
+fatal-agent
+ Log the state and halt the netdata agent.
+reload-claiming-state
+ Reload agent claiming state from disk.
+```
+
+Those commands are the same that can be sent to netdata via [signals](/daemon/README.md#command-line-options).
+
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