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CLI Features Online Help
CLI provides two types of online help: complete online help and partial online help. They assist you with
your configuration.
Complete online help
Enter a "?" character in any view on your terminal to display all the commands available in the view and
their brief descriptions. The following takes user view as an example.
<Command-Line> ?
display Display current system information
ip IP configuration commands in an interface
localuser Configure WEB user manager
ping Ping function
quit Exit from current command view
reboot Reset device
restore Restore configuration
save Save current configuration
undo Cancel current setting
Enter a command, a space, and a "?" character (instead of a keyword available in this position of the
command) on your terminal to display all the available keywords and their brief descriptions. The
following takes the display command as an example.
<Command-Line> display ?
ip IP status and configuration information
version System hardware and software version information
Enter a command, a space, and a "?" character (instead of an argument available in this position of the
command) on your terminal to display all the available arguments and their brief descriptions. The
following takes the ip address command as an example.
[Command-Line] ip address dhcp-alloc ?
<cr>
The string <cr> means no argument is available in the position occupied by the "?" character. You can
execute the command without providing any other information.
Partial online help
Enter a string followed directly by a "?" character on your terminal to display all the commands
beginning with the string. For example:
<Command-Line> p?
ping
Enter a command, a space, and a string followed by a "?" character on your terminal to display all the
keywords that belong to the command and begin with the string (if available). For example:
<Command-Line> display v?
version
Enter the first several characters of a keyword in a command and then press <Tab>, the complete
keyword will be displayed on the terminal screen if the input characters uniquely identify a keyword; all