3Com Understanding CLI Commands: History and Kill Functions for Efficient Router Management

CLI Commands B-17

hangup vc <vc_name> Causes the connection for the specified VC to drop. You can see which VCs have active connections using list vcs. Also see disable vc, which causes a VC’s session to drop, and prevents new sessions which use that VC from being established.

HELP

help <command> Provides information about possible commands and their formats. Typing help alone lists the possible commands. Typing help <command name> lists the possible parameters for that command.

Typing part of a keyword (command or parameter) and pressing Esc completes the keyword. If you have not yet entered enough of the keyword to be unique, pressing Esc causes the bell to ring.

Typing ? after a command string displays the possible keywords and values for that command.

HISTORY

history Displays your previous CLI commands. You can recall commands from the history using ^P ( C-P) to recall commands up the list, and ^N ( C-N) to recall commands working down the list. The default depth is 10 commands. You can modify the history depth using the set command history command.

KILL

kill <“process name”> Kills an active process. Use list processes to see which processes are currently active. You can only kill a process that you started. An example would be a ping that you started that you now wish to kill.

LIST

list access Displays all IP Subnet addresses in the access list.

list active interfaces Displays the index, name, operational status, and administration status of all active interfaces. The output is the same as the list interfaces command, except non-active interfaces are not displayed. Inactive interfaces are interfaces with no current connections.

list bridge forwarding Displays the forwarding and filtering information

MAC address - A unicast MAC address for which the bridge has forwarding

￿and/or filtering data

Status - One of the following: other - not one of the following invalid - aged out

learned - learned, and in use self - statically defined, and in use