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Convention Description
[ ]
Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are
optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from
which you select one.
[ x | y | ... ]
Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select one or none.
{ x | y | ... } *
Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by
vertical bars, from which you select at least one.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by
vertical bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none.
&<1-n>
The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&)
sign can be entered 1 to n times.
# A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.
NOTE:
The keywords of HP command lines are case insensitive.
Figure 2 shows how to read the clock datetime time date command by using Table 1 as a reference.
Figure 2 Read command line parameters
Following this example, you can type the following command line at the CLI of your device and press
Enter to set the device system time to 10 o’clock 30 minutes 20 seconds, February 23, 2010.
<sysname> clock datetime 10:30:20 2/23/2010
More complicated commands can be understood using Table 1 as a reference.
Undo form of a command
The undo form of a command restores the default, disables a function, or removes a configuration.
Almost all configuration commands have an undo form. For example, the info-center enable command
enables the information center, and the undo info-center enable command disables the information
center.
CLI view description
Commands are grouped into different classes by function. To use a command, you must enter the class
view of the command.
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