Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Switch/Router Loading an ASCII File into the Text Buffer, Listing the Contents of the Text Buffer, Adding Lines of Text to the Text Buffer

Editing Text Files
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Loading an ASCII File into the Text Buffer
You can use the rb command to load—or read—an existing ASCII file in flash memory to the
Edit buffer’s memory. To use this command, enter rb, followed by the file you wish to edit.
For example, to edit the mpx.cmd file, enter
rb mpx.cmd
at the system prompt.
♦ Loading Binary Files ♦
You can load a binary file into the Edit buffer but you
will not be able to edit it.
Listing the Contents of the Text Buffer
The lb command is used to list the contents of the Edit buffer’s memory. To use this
command, enter
lb
at the system prompt. If there is something in the buffer, the system will display the contents
numbered from the zero. The following display is a typical example:
00: cmDoDump=1
01: cmInit
If there is nothing in the buffer, nothing will be displayed.
Adding Lines of Text to the Text Buffer
You can use the ab command to manually add lines of text to the Edit sub-menu. Note that
the lines you enter are appended at the end of the buffer. For example, if there are 10 lines of
text in the buffer, you will begin entering text at the 11th line. If the buffer is empty, the line
of text you enter will be the first line of text in the buffer.
To add text to the buffer, enter
ab
at the system prompt. A screen similar to the one shown below will be displayed:
02 :
Enter your text and press the <Enter> key to add the text to the buffer. If the buffer is not full,
the system will prompt you to enter another line of text. If the buffer is full (i.e., there are 100
lines in the text buffer), the following message will be displayed.
Buffer Full!
To exit the ab command, type a period (.) and press <Enter>.