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The CLI uses a context to decide which account, profile, namespace, and subnet a command applies to. Use idyl whoami to inspect the active context: 
idyl whoami

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Update saved context values

Set default values when you want future commands to use the same namespace or subnet: 
idyl context edit --set-namespace <namespace>
idyl context edit --set-subnet <subnet>
Only the values supplied by flags are changed.

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Override context for one command

Many commands accept context flags. Use them when a command should run against a different account, namespace, subnet, or saved context without changing your defaults.
SettingFlag
Account--account-id <id>
Saved context--context <name>
Namespace--namespace <name>
Profile--profile <name>
Realm--realm <realm>
Subnet--subnet <slug-or-name>
Example: 
idyl get deployment web --namespace <namespace> --subnet <subnet>

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Use a different configuration directory

Use --homedir when you need a command to read configuration from a different IDYL directory: 
idyl whoami --homedir <path>
By default, the CLI uses ~/.idyl.