I want to make a tcl script which reset(erase) a target cell including children instances. The instances were suppoes to be loaded by getcell command. To do this, I first tried

select top cell

and

delete

which couldn't erase intances but only erase drawings on top cell. I tried

cellname children

also, but it only prints name of instances on console. To make the script, I need to get a list of intances (not just printed). Could someone tell me how?

cellname list children

will return the result as a list instead of just printing it to the terminal. Otherwise, you're on the right track.

Thank you it works out!