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ibmcloud-login:tldr:91382

ibmcloud-login: Log in by providing username, password and the targeted region as parameters.

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$ ibmcloud login -u ${username} -p ${password} -r ${us-south}

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This command is used to log in to an IBM Cloud account through the command line interface (CLI).

Here's a breakdown of each part of the command:

ibmcloud : It is the command to interact with the IBM Cloud CLI tool.
login : It is the subcommand that allows you to authenticate and log in to your IBM Cloud account.
-u ${username} : This option specifies the username or email associated with your IBM Cloud account. You will replace ${username} with your actual username or email.
-p ${password} : This option specifies the password for your IBM Cloud account. You will replace ${password} with your actual password.
-r ${us-south} : This option specifies the IBM Cloud region you want to log in to. In this example, ${us-south} represents the US-South region. You will replace ${us-south} with the appropriate region code if you want to log in to a different region.

Once you run this command with the correct values for your account, it will authenticate you and log you in to your IBM Cloud account on the specified region using the IBM Cloud CLI.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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