There is a very long man page for nmcli, a bit confusing too
"nmcli connect wifi <BSSID> -a" AND the reason that did not work, it is wrong
try
nmcli dev wifi con (SSID) password (password),,,, it will accept dev=device, con=connect
or nmcli dev wifi status
or many of the other appropiate commands
"nmcli connect wifi <BSSID> -a" AND the reason that did not work, it is wrong
try
nmcli dev wifi con (SSID) password (password),,,, it will accept dev=device, con=connect
or nmcli dev wifi status
or many of the other appropiate commands