Controlling moodle from the command line when you can't login

 Sometimes you can't login to moodle because a plugin or other dependency has broken it.

Install Moosh.

 sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/zabuch/ppa/ubuntu trusty main'
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install moosh

The command Moosh understands the following sub-commands:

activity-add

activity-config-set

activity-delete

activity-move

admin-login

admin-remove-orphaned-modules

apache-parse-extendedlog

apache-parse-missing-files

apache-parse-perflog

audit-passwords

auth-list

auth-manage

backup-info

badge-delete

base-path

block-add

block-manage

cache-add-redis-store

cache-clear

cache-config-get

cache-course-rebuild

cache-edit-mappings

cache-test

category-config-set

category-create

category-delete

category-export

category-import

category-list

category-move

category-resortcourses

chkdatadir

code-check

cohort-create

cohort-enrol

cohort-enrolfile

cohort-unenrol

config-get

config-plugin-export

config-plugin-import

config-plugins

config-set

course-backup

course-cleanup

course-config-set

course-create

course-delete

course-enableselfenrol

course-enrol

course-enrolbyname

course-info

course-list

course-reset

course-restore

course-unenrol

data-stats

db-stats

debug-off

debug-on

delete-missingplugins

dev-langusage

dev-versionbump

download-moodle

event-fire

event-list

file-check

file-datacheck

file-dbcheck

file-delete

file-hash-delete

file-list

file-path

file-upload

filter-set

fontawesome-refreshcache

form-add

forum-newdiscussion

framework-import

generate-availability

generate-block

generate-cfg

generate-enrol

generate-filemanager

generate-form

generate-gradeexport

generate-gradereport

generate-lang

generate-local

generate-messageoutput

generate-module

generate-moosh

generate-qtype

generate-userprofilefield

generate-ws

gradebook-export

gradebook-import

gradecategory-create

gradecategory-list

gradeitem-create

gradeitem-list

group-assigngrouping

group-create

group-delete

group-list

group-memberadd

grouping-create

info

info-context

info-plugins

lang-compare

languages-update

maintenance-off

maintenance-on

module-config

module-copy

module-manage

module-reinstall

nagios-check

nginx-parse-extendedlog

perf-analyse

php-eval

plugin-download

plugin-install

plugin-list

plugin-uninstall

plugins-usage

question-import

questioncategory-create

quiz-delete-attempts

random-label

report-concurrency

restore-settings

role-create

role-delete

role-list

role-reset

role-update-capability

role-update-contextlevel

section-config-set

sql-cli

sql-dump

sql-run

theme-info

theme-settings-export

theme-settings-import

top

user-assign-system-role

user-create

user-delete

user-export

user-import-pictures

user-list

user-login

user-mod

user-unassign-system-role

userprofilefields-export

userprofilefields-import

webservice-call

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