diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh.c b/vtysh/vtysh.c
index 4974e538ea..30de9d7711 100644
--- a/vtysh/vtysh.c
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh.c
@@ -846,27 +846,29 @@ int vtysh_config_from_file(struct vty *vty, FILE *fp)
 	return (retcode);
 }
 
-/* We don't care about the point of the cursor when '?' is typed. */
-static int vtysh_rl_describe(void)
+/*
+ * Function processes cli commands terminated with '?' character when entered
+ * through either 'vtysh' or 'vtysh -c' interfaces.
+ */
+static int vtysh_process_questionmark(const char *input, int input_len)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, width = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
-	vector vline;
-	vector describe;
-	int width;
+	vector vline, describe;
 	struct cmd_token *token;
 
-	vline = cmd_make_strvec(rl_line_buffer);
+	if (!input)
+		return 1;
+
+	vline = cmd_make_strvec(input);
 
 	/* In case of '> ?'. */
 	if (vline == NULL) {
 		vline = vector_init(1);
 		vector_set(vline, NULL);
-	} else if (rl_end && isspace((int)rl_line_buffer[rl_end - 1]))
+	} else if (input_len && isspace((int)input[input_len - 1]))
 		vector_set(vline, NULL);
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
 	describe = cmd_describe_command(vline, vty, &ret);
 
 	/* Ambiguous and no match error. */
@@ -875,7 +877,6 @@ static int vtysh_rl_describe(void)
 		cmd_free_strvec(vline);
 		vector_free(describe);
 		fprintf(stdout, "%% Ambiguous command.\n");
-		rl_on_new_line();
 		return 0;
 		break;
 	case CMD_ERR_NO_MATCH:
@@ -883,7 +884,6 @@ static int vtysh_rl_describe(void)
 		if (describe)
 			vector_free(describe);
 		fprintf(stdout, "%% There is no matched command.\n");
-		rl_on_new_line();
 		return 0;
 		break;
 	}
@@ -933,9 +933,61 @@ static int vtysh_rl_describe(void)
 	cmd_free_strvec(vline);
 	vector_free(describe);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Entry point for user commands terminated with '?' character and typed through
+ * the usual vtysh's stdin interface. This is the function being registered with
+ * readline() api's.
+ */
+static int vtysh_rl_describe(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+
+	ret = vtysh_process_questionmark(rl_line_buffer, rl_end);
 	rl_on_new_line();
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function in charged of processing vtysh instructions terminating with '?'
+ * character and received through the 'vtysh -c' interface. If user's
+ * instruction is well-formatted, we will call the same processing routine
+ * utilized by the traditional vtysh's stdin interface.
+ */
+int vtysh_execute_command_questionmark(char *input)
+{
+	int input_len, qmark_count = 0;
+	const char *str;
+
+	if (!(input && *input))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Finding out question_mark count and strlen */
+	for (str = input; *str; ++str) {
+		if (*str == '?')
+			qmark_count++;
+	}
+	input_len = str - input;
+
+	/*
+	 * Verify that user's input terminates in '?' and that patterns such as
+	 * 'cmd ? subcmd ?' are prevented.
+	 */
+	if (qmark_count != 1 || input[input_len - 1] != '?')
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Questionmark-processing function is not expecting to receive '?'
+	 * character in input string.
+	 */
+	input[input_len - 1] = '\0';
+
+	return vtysh_process_questionmark(input, input_len - 1);
 }
 
 /* Result of cmd_complete_command() call will be stored here
diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh.h b/vtysh/vtysh.h
index f3e58f309e..ccfdd6557b 100644
--- a/vtysh/vtysh.h
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void vtysh_user_init(void);
 
 int vtysh_execute(const char *);
 int vtysh_execute_no_pager(const char *);
+int vtysh_execute_command_questionmark(char *input);
 
 char *vtysh_prompt(void);
 
diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
index cd59d8094b..3dd70983bc 100644
--- a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
@@ -611,7 +611,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
 			if (logfile)
 				log_it(cmd->line);
 
-			ret = vtysh_execute_no_pager(cmd->line);
+			/*
+			 * Parsing logic for regular commands will be different than
+			 * for those commands requiring further processing, such as
+			 * cli instructions terminating with question-mark character.
+			 */
+			if (!vtysh_execute_command_questionmark(cmd->line))
+				ret = CMD_SUCCESS;
+			else
+				ret = vtysh_execute_no_pager(cmd->line);
+
 			if (!no_error
 			    && !(ret == CMD_SUCCESS || ret == CMD_SUCCESS_DAEMON
 				 || ret == CMD_WARNING))