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From the Confluence navigation, select Apps, then Shell.

Confluence Apps menu with Shell selected

Select the console, then try these commands:

$ ls
$ cd YourSpace
$ help

ls lists the global, personal, collaboration, and knowledge_base spaces at /. Archived spaces aren’t shown. cd opens a space or page in the console. help lists all commands, and help <command> shows help for a specific command.

The welcome message shown when the console opens (Cloud 3.11.0) suggests tree -L 2, find -mtime +30, ls --format csv, ls -l, find -mtime +365 -prune, find -label needs-review, and find -mtime +730 -prune | archive -n, plus the line “Cross-space mv / cp — mv needs -y.”

Shell console in amber theme: cd into Team Handbook, pwd, ls and tree -L 2