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Chapter 30: Getting Started with the Command Line Interface
308 Section I: Basic Features
Command Formatting
The AT-S81 command line interface follows same formatting conventions
for all of the command modes. There are command line interface features
which apply to the general use of the command line and command syntax
conventions which apply when entering the commands. See the following
sections.
Command Line
Interface
Features
The following features are supported in the command line interface:
Command history - Use the up and down arrow keys.
Context-specific help - Press the question mark key, ?, to see a list of
legal parameters or display all of the available commands for a
particular command mode. There are two formatting options:
– command ? - List the keywords or arguments that are required by
a particular command. A space between a command and a
question mark is required.
– abbreviated command? - Provides a list of commands that begin
with a particular character string. There is no space between the
command and the question mark.
Keyword abbreviations - Any keyword can be recognized by typing an
unambiguous prefix, for example, type “sh” and the software responds
with “show”.
Tab key - Pressing the Tab key fills in the rest of the keyword. For
example, typing “di” and pressing the Tab key enters “disable” on the
command line.
Command Line
Syntax
Conventions
The following table describes the conventions used in the command
interface.
Table 14. Command Line Syntax Conventions
Convention Description Example
<string> A string of alphanumeric
characters
Switch-24
<int> Integer 202
<ip> IP address 192.168.0.1
<interface> Port instance Ethernet1/15
<mask> Subnet mask 255.255.240.0