| ### Accessing this command {#access} | |
| <!-- TODO(kayce@): Move this section to the hardware testing guide | |
| once it's done and just link to the hardware testing guide section | |
| instead. --> | |
| This command is only available on certain diagnostic and testing | |
| Fuchsia builds. | |
| This is a device-side command, not a host-side command like `fx` or `ffx`. | |
| In other words before calling this command you must first access the | |
| shell of the Fuchsia device. | |
| To interactively access the Fuchsia device's shell: | |
| ```none | |
| ffx component explore <component> | |
| ``` | |
| Replace `<component>` with the name of the component that has access to | |
| the command documented on this page. | |
| To call a single command and return the output to the host: | |
| ```none | |
| ffx component explore <component> -c "<command>" | |
| ``` | |
| Replace `<command>` with one of the commands documented on this page. | |
| [shell]: /reference/tools/fx/cmd/shell |