NAME
    gcloud iot devices commands send - sends a command to a device

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud iot devices commands send
        (--command-data=COMMAND_DATA | --command-file=COMMAND_FILE)
        (--device=DEVICE : --region=REGION --registry=REGISTRY)
        [--subfolder=SUBFOLDER] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (DEPRECATED) This command is deprecated. Google Cloud IoT Core has been
    retired.

    Sends a command to a device.

EXAMPLES
    To send a simple command to a device in 'my-registry' and region
    'us-central1' using a special command subfolder, run:

        $ gcloud iot devices commands send --region=us-central1 \
            --registry=my-registry --device=my-device \
            --command-data="restart job" \
            --subfolder="/jobs/metric_collector"

    To send a command containing special characters to a device in
    'my-registry' and region 'us-central1', run:

        $ gcloud iot devices commands send --region=us-central1 \
            --registry=my-registry --device=my-device \
            --command-file=/path/to/command.file

REQUIRED FLAGS
     Exactly one of these must be specified:

       --command-data=COMMAND_DATA
          The data for this command, as a string. For any values that contain
          special characters (in the context of your shell), use the
          --command-file flag instead.

       --command-file=COMMAND_FILE
          Path to a local file containing the data for this command.

     Device resource - The device you want to send commands to. The arguments
     in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
     (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be
     set in other ways.

     To set the project attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument --device on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line;
      ◆ set the property core/project.

     This must be specified.

       --device=DEVICE
          ID of the device or fully qualified identifier for the device.

          To set the device attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument --device on the command line.

          This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in
          this group are specified.

       --region=REGION
          The name of the Cloud IoT region.

          To set the region attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument --device on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --region on the command line.

       --registry=REGISTRY
          The name of the Cloud IoT registry.

          To set the registry attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument --device on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --registry on the command line.

OPTIONAL FLAGS
     --subfolder=SUBFOLDER
        The commands subfolder to append to the topic path.

        This field must not have more than 256 characters, and must not contain
        any MQTT wildcards ("+" or "#") or null characters.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
    These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
    --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,
    --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet,
    --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
    This command uses the cloudiot/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
    can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/iot

NOTES
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha iot devices commands send

        $ gcloud beta iot devices commands send

