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Using the CLI

CLI Services

 

 

 

 

Prefix Prompt

You may set the CLI so that your screen prompt displays the stored prefix. To display the stored prefix as part of the screen prompt for the VLAN example above, enter the prompt prefix CLI command as follows:

-> prompt prefix

The following will display.

-> vlan 501

Your screen prompt will include your stored prefix until a new prompt is specified. To set the prompt back to the arrow (->) enter the prompt string ->(prompt string arrow) syntax as follows.

-> vlan 501 prompt string -> ->

The arrow displays to indicate that your prompt has changed back to the default.

For more general information about changing the prompt, refer to “Changing the CLI Prompt” on page 5-17.

Command History

The history command allows you to view commands you have recently issued to the switch. The switch has a history buffer that stores up to 30 of the most recently executed commands.

Note. The command history feature differs from the command logging feature in that command logging stores up to 100 of the most recent commands to a separate command.log file. Also, the command logging feature includes additional information, such as full command syntax, login user name, entry date and time, session IP address, and entry results. For more information on command logging, refer to “Logging CLI Commands and Entry Results” on page 5-15.

You can display the commands in a numbered list by using the show history command. The following is a sample list.

-> show history 1 show cmm

2 show fan

3 show sensor

4 show temp

5 ip load dvmrp

6 show arp

7 clear arp

8 show ip config

9 ip helper max hops 5

10 ip bgp pn

11 show ip bgp

12 show history

In the example above, the show history command is listed last because it is the command that was executed most recently.

You can recall commands shown in the history list by using the exclamation point character (!) also called “bang”. To recall the command shown in the history list at number 4, enter !4 (bang, 4). The CLI will

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omniswitch specifications

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