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7000 Series L3 Managed Switch Reference Manual for Software v2.0
Command Line Interface Syntax 5-3
Double quotation marks such as "System Name with Spaces" set off user defined strings. If the
operator wishes to use spaces as part of a name parameter then it must be enclosed in double
quotation marks.
Entering '@' in front of any command will allow the user to reference any root command from
anywhere in the tree. For example, '>config router>@show arp table' will display the ARP table
even though the command was not executed from the root level.
Command completion finishes spelling the command when enough letters of a command are typed
to uniquely identify the command word. The command may be executed by typing <enter>
(command abbreviation) or the command word may be completed by typing the <tab> or <space
bar> (command completion).
The value 'Err' designates that the requested value was not internally accessible. This should never
happen and indicates that there is a case in the software that is not handled correctly.
The value of '-----' designates that the value is unknown.
CLI Annotations
The CLI allows the user to type single-line annotations at the command prompt for use when
writing test or configuration scripts and for better readability. The exclamation point (‘!’) character
flags the beginning of a comment. The comment flag character can begin a word anywhere on the
command line and all input following this character is ignored. Any command line that begins
with the character ‘!’ is recognized as a comment line and ignored by the parser.
Some examples are provided below:
! Script file for displaying the ip interface
! Display information about interfaces
show ip interface 0.1 !Displays the information about the first interface
! Display information about the next interface
show ip interface 0.2
! End of the script file
Table 1. Network Address Syntax
Address Type Format Range
ipAddr
A.B.C.D 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255
(decimal)
macAddr
YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY hexidecimal digit pairs