2-2CHAPTER 2: CLI COMMAND CONVENTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY

 

 

The type of value you enter must match the type requested. Numbers are

 

 

either decimal or hexadecimal. Text can be either a string that you create, or it

 

 

may be a list of options you must choose from. When choosing an option, type

 

 

the text of the option exactly.

 

 

 

Names or Strings

 

 

 

 

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“Double quotation marks” set off user-defined strings. If you want white space

 

or special characters in a string, it must be enclosed by “double quotation

 

marks”.

 

 

 

 

Network Address Formats

 

 

 

Many commands require a network address, to define a link to a remote host,

 

workstation or network. Network addresses are shown in this document using the

 

syntax described in the following table:

 

 

 

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Address Type

Format

Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP_address

a.b.c.d

0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

 

 

 

 

 

 

(decimal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ip_net_address

a.b.c.d/mask

255.255.255.255/A,B,C,H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mac_address

xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

hexadecimal digit pairs

 

Abbreviation and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commands can be abbreviated if arguments you write are unique.

Command

 

For example, you can type se vc jay pa bird, short for: set vc jay password

Completion

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bird is acceptable, but se vc jay i 222.111.111.111 isn’t unique because i can

 

 

stand for ip, ip_routing, or ip_source_validation.

 

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As a convention, some commands illustrated in this manual are abbreviated

 

and annotated as such (abbr.) for brevity.

 

 

 

Also, some parameters are omitted in examples because they default to

 

standard values and do not require entry, or are unnecessary for common

 

configuration. See the CLI Reference section for more details.

 

Command completion finishes spelling a unique, abbreviated parameter for

 

you just by pressing the key. It’s handy when you’re in a hurry or uncertain

 

about a command. For example, if you type add ip n[ESC], it will spell out the

 

keyword network without losing your place in the command syntax.

Control Characters

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Commands can be retrieved by typing <ctrl>p [^p] (for previous) and <ctrl>n

 

[^n] (for next). Command retrieval consults the history of previous fully entered

 

commands, defaulting at the last ten commands.

 

If an error occurs while a command is processing, any partial command (up to

 

and including the field in error) is added to the history list.

 

 

The current command can be killed by pressing <ctrl>c [^ c].

 

￿A partially completed command line can be reprinted - a useful function if, due

 

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to interrupted output, you’re unsure what the OCR 812 has “seen” up to now

 

- by pressing <ctrl>l [^ l] (for last).

 

 

Help

Help is general or positional. Type help <any command> to get a cursory list of

 

associated commands and its syntax. Type <any command>? to get more

 

extensive, positional help for a particular field.

 

 

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