[Hyperic-hq-discuss] how to understand hyperic shell command line format ??

[mike m. <mi...@an...>]

I logged into the hyperic shell and just wanted to check on the commands and their 
output .  Im having trouble understanding the sysntax  I do a alert list and get :

 alert list
org.hyperic.util.shell.ShellCommandExecException: Error getting alerts
Within undeclared throwable was: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate
.collection.PersistentBag (no security manager: RMI class loader disabled)

When I use the"alertdef list "command it comes back with :
alertdef list <-group | -platform | -server | -service > <resource> [-enabled | -disabled]

Do I replace -platform with say -linux ? or a particular platforn computer name 
what are they referring to with resource ? is the HQ agent a resource ?

what is required and what is not. . Cant seen to get anything to work .
An example for this command is all I need .