# Command Panel The **Command Panel** provides a simple command-line interface to Cytoscape using the **Commands API**. It allows the user to type commands into Cytoscape and see the results in a **Reply Log**. Any app that registers commands will be available through the **Command Panel**. Commands are part of the more general [Cytoscape Automation](Programmatic_Access_to_Cytoscape_Features_Scripting.md#cytoscape_automation) feature, which includes multiple ways of scripting Cytoscape execution. The **Command Panel** can be opened from **View → Show Command Panel**.  The **Command Panel** can also be used to read and execute script files. Each line in the script file is a command that is sent to a app. Script files may be entered on the Cytoscape command line using the _-S_ flag to Cytoscape, or through **Tools → Execute Command File** menu item. Cytoscape commands consist of three parts: a command class, or namespace; a command within that namespace; and a series of arguments or options provided as a series of **name=value** pairs. For example, to import an XGMML format file from the **Command Line Dialog** or a command script, you would use: network import file filePath="path-to-file" where **network** is the namespace, **import file** is the command, and there is only one argument: *filePath="path-to-file"*. If there were more arguments they would appear on the same line separated by spaces. The **Command Panel** also uses the Command API to provide help. **help** by itself will list all of the command classes (or namespaces) and **help** followed by a namespace will list all of the commands supported by that namespace. Details of a specific command are available by typing **help** followed by the namespace and command (e.g. **help layout force-directed**). The **Command Panel** registers the **command** namespace and supports a single command: run, which takes a file argument. Here is the help for the command run command from the command namespace: help command run command run file= Similarly, the help for the **network import file** example from above is: help network import file network import file arguments: dataTypeList=: List of column data types ordered by column index (e.g. "string,int,long,double,boolean,intlist" or just "s,i,l,d,b,il") defaultInteraction=: Default interaction type delimiters=: Text Delimiters delimitersForDataList=: Text Delimiters for data list type file=: Data Table file firstRowAsColumnNames=true|false: First row used for column names indexColumnSourceInteraction=: Column for source interaction indexColumnTargetInteraction=: Column for target interaction indexColumnTypeInteraction=: Column for interaction type NetworkViewRendererList=: Network View Renderer RootNetworkList=: Network Collection startLoadRow=: Start Load Row TargetColumnList=: Node Identifier Mapping Column