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Chapter 4
Basic Command Line Management
Commands
The basic command line commands are summarized in Table 5.
Table 5. Basic Command Line Commands
Command Mode Description
“? (Question Mark Key)” on page 57 All modes Displays the on-line help.
“CLEAR SCREEN” on page 59 User Exec and
Privileged Exec
Clears the screen.
“CONFIGURE TERMINAL” on
page 60
Privileged Exec Moves you from the Privileged Exec
mode to the Global Configuration
mode.
“COPY RUNNING-CONFIG
STARTUP-CONFIG” on page 61
Privileged Exec Updates the active boot configuration
file with the current settings from the
switch.
“DISABLE” on page 62 Privileged Exec Returns you to the User Exec mode
from the Privileged Exec mode.
“DO” on page 63 Global
Configuration
Performs Privileged Exec mode
commands from the Global
Configuration mode.
“ENABLE” on page 64 User Exec Moves you from the User Exec mode
to the Privileged Exec mode.
“END” on page 65 All modes
below the
Global
Configuration
mode
Returns you to the Privileged Exec
mode.
“EXIT” on page 66 All modes
except the User
Exec and
Privileged Exec
Moves you up one mode.
“LENGTH” on page 67 Console Line
and Virtual
Terminal Line
Specifies the maximum number of
lines the SHOW commands display at
one time on the screen.
“LOGOUT” on page 69 User Exec Ends a management session.