PXE includes a set of commandline tools for manipulating artifacts, deploying PXE systems, and managing runtime process instances.

• bpelc Command — compiles BPEL4WS 1.1 or WS-BPEL 2.0 processes for execution by the PXE runtime engine.
• bpeltests Command — deploys and executes a set of BPEL processes that exercise the capabilities of the engine.
• ddvalidate Command — validates a system deployment descriptor with or without supporting WSDL definitions.
• pxe Command — starts a standalone PXE kernel instance.
• pxe-activate Command — activates a deployed system via JMX.
• pxe-deactivate Command — deactivates a deployed system in a via JMX.
• pxe-deploy Command — deploys a system via JMX.
• pxe-status Command — prints a list of deployed systems and service providers to the console.
• pxe-undeploy Command — undeploys a deployed system via JMX.
• rradd Command — adds one or more resources to a ZIP resource repository.
• rralias Command — adds an additional URI reference to a ZIP resource repository.
• rrdrop Command — removes one or more URI references from a ZIP resource repository.
• rrget Command — retreives a resource from a ZIP resource repository.
• rrls Command — lists the contents of a resource repository.
• sarcreate Command — creates a system deployment archive.
• sarls Command — outputs a summary of the contents of a system deployment archive.
• sendsoap Command — uses a lightweight HTTP client to send SOAP messages via POST.
• urlalias Command — manages aliases for use by other Commandline Tools or Ant Tasks.
• version Command — prints PXE version information to the console.

The commandline tools are all configured using a launcher script (.sh for Cygwin, UNIX, or variants and .bat for Windows) and an additional configuration file (.cfg). For more information about launcher configuration, see Configuring Commandline Launchers.