patch apply command not working as expected in non-interactive mode in EAP 6

Issue

In non-interactive mode we cant apply a patch to slave host via the domain controller:

[user@domain ~]$ $JBOSS_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.sh --user=xxxx --password=xxx --command="patch apply --host=slave /var/tmp/jboss- 
eap-6.2.4-patch.zip"                                                     
patching exception             

but it works interactively:

[domain@localhost:9999 /] patch apply --host=salve  /var/tmp/jboss-eap-6.2.4-patch.zip                                       
{                                                                        
    "outcome" : "success",                                               
   . . .

• Why does it not work non-interactive mode ?