To enter MaxL statements interactively at the command line, invoke the shell at your operating-system prompt.
essmsh
To enter MaxL statements interactively after logging in at invocation time, use the -l flag.
For example:
essmsh -l Admin password ... 49 - User logged in: [Admin].
To enter MaxL statements interactively and supply command-line arguments to represent variables that you will use in your interactive session, use the -a flag.
For example:
essmsh -a Admin password Sample.Basic ... login $1 $2; 49 - User logged in: [admin]. alter database $3.$4 enable aggregate_missing; 72 - Database altered: ['sample'.'basic'].
In the above example, $1, $2, $3, and $4 are positional parameter variables representing arguments entered after essmsh at invocation time, in the order in which they were entered.