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title: Command line tools
description: InfluxDB provides command line tools designed to aid in managing and working with InfluxDB from the command line.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/
estimated_tokens: 410
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
---

# Command line tools

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. [InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/core/) is the latest stable version.

#### API token hashing is enabled by default in InfluxDB OSS 2.9.0

Stronger token security: tokens are stored as hashes on disk, so a copy of the database file doesn’t expose usable tokens. Existing tokens are hashed on first startup and the original strings can’t be recovered afterward — **capture any plaintext tokens you still need before you upgrade**.

For more information, see [Token hashing](/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/#token-hashing).

InfluxDB provides command line tools designed to aid in managing and working with InfluxDB from the command line. The following command line interfaces (CLIs) are available:

### [influx - InfluxDB command line interface](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/)

The `influx` CLI includes commands to manage many aspects of InfluxDB, including buckets, organizations, users, tasks, etc.

### [influxd - InfluxDB service](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influxd/)

The `influxd` service starts and runs all the processes necessary for InfluxDB to function.

[cli](/influxdb/v2/tags/cli/)