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SPS208G/SPS224G4/SPS2024 Command Line Interface Reference Guide 28
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Editing Features
Entering Commands
A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords identify a
command, and arguments specify configuration parameters. For example, in the
command show interfaces status ethernet e11,
show
,
interfaces
and
status
are
keywords,
ethernet
is an argument that specifies the interface type, and
e1 1
specifies the port.
To enter commands that require parameters, enter the required parameters after
the command keyword. For example, to set a password for the administrator,
enter:
Console(config)# username admin password alansmith
When working with the CLI, the command options are not displayed. The
command is not selected from a menu, but is manually entered. To see what
commands are available in each mode or within an Interface Configuration, the CLI
does provide a method of displaying the available commands, the command
syntax requirements and in some instances parameters required to complete the
command. The standard command to request help is ?.
There are two instances where help information can be displayed:
• Keyword lookup — The character ? is entered in place of a command. A list
of all valid commands and corresponding help messages are is displayed.
• Partial keyword lookup — If a command is incomplete and or the character
? is entered in place of a parameter, the matched keyword or parameters
for this command are displayed.
To assist in using the CLI, there is an assortment of editing features. The following
features are described:
• Terminal Command Buffer
• Command Completion
• Nomenclature
• Keyboard Shortcuts