3Com 11.3 manual Full-Form Syntax, Abbreviated Syntax

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The value part of the command specifies how you want the parameter to be set. Values include numerics, strings, or addresses, depending on the parameter. For additional information, see “Syntax for Assigning Values” on page 28.

2After entering the complete command, press the Return key.

The bridge/router software includes online help for commands, services, parameters, and syntax, described in “Getting Help” on page 28. The syntax that appears in online help is the full-form syntax; it contains full names and visual cues for entering commands. You can also enter commands using an abbreviated version of the syntax.

For information on full-form and abbreviated syntax, read the following sections and see Figure 1 and Figure 2. For additional information on short cuts for entering commands, see “Using Aliases” on page 26 and “Command History Substitution” on page 26.

Full-Form Syntax

To display the full-form syntax (provided by online help in Enterprise OS software) type a question mark (?) or a question mark with other options, as described in “Getting Help” on page 34.

Figure 1 shows the parts and symbols that make up command syntax. For more information on symbols, see “Symbols” on page 23.

Figure 1 Full-Form Syntax

Angle brackets enclose variable parameters or values. Do not enter brackets.

Command name

A hyphen always precedes service name and must be entered if the service name is entered.

	A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive
	values in a list, one of which can be entered.
Service name	Do not enter the bar itself.

SETDefault !<path> -FDDI InsertPolicy = [Insert DoNotInsert]

An exclamation point	Parameter name
must precede a port,
virtual port, or path number.

Square brackets enclose optional values or a list of optional arguments. Do not enter the square brackets.

NETBuilder bridge/router or PathBuilder switch guides and online help use upper- and lowercase letters to distinguish the full form of commands and command syntax from the abbreviated form. You can enter a command in abbreviated form by typing only the uppercase portion. It does not matter whether you type the command in upper- or lowercase letters.

Abbreviated Syntax

Abbreviated syntax is the shortest unambiguous abbreviation of a command, parameter, or value that can be entered. You can enter the abbreviated form in lower- or uppercase letters at the Enterprise OS prompt.

Figure 2 shows the abbreviated syntax that corresponds to the full-form syntax in Figure 1.