Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002163-02 Using the do command as a shortcut, Displaying CEE CLI commands and command syntax

18 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide
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CEE Command Line Interface
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NOTE
In EXEC and privileged EXEC modes, use the show history command to list the commands most
recently entered. The switch retains the history of the last 1000 commands entered.
Using the do command as a shortcut
You can use the do command to save time when you are working in any configuration mode and
you want to run a command in EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
For example, if you are configuring an LLDP and you want to execute a privileged EXEC mode
command, such as the dir command, you would first have to exit the LLDP configuration mode.
However, by using the do command with the dir command, you can ignore the need to change
configuration modes, as shown in the following example.
switch(conf-lldp)#do dir
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-rw-r----- 1276 Wed Feb 4 07:08:49 2009 startup_rmon_config
-rw-r----- 1276 Wed Feb 4 07:10:30 2009 rmon_config
-rw-r----- 1276 Wed Feb 4 07:12:33 2009 rmon_configuration
-rw-r----- 1276 Wed Feb 4 10:48:59 2009 starup-config
Displaying CEE CLI commands and command syntax
Enter a question mark (?) in any command mode to display the list of commands available in that
mode.
switch>?
Exec commands:
enable Turn on privileged mode command
exit End current mode and down to previous mode
help Description of the interactive help system
logout Exit from the EXEC
quit Exit current mode and down to previous mode
show Show running system information
terminal Set terminal line parameters
To display a list of commands that start with the same characters, type the characters followed by
the question mark (?).
switch>e?
enable Turn on privileged mode command
exit End current mode and down to previous mode
To display the keywords and arguments associated with a command, enter the keyword followed by
the question mark (?).
switch#terminal ?
length Set number of lines on a screen
no Negate a command or set its defaults
If the question mark (?) is typed within an incomplete keyword, and the keyword is the only keyword
starting with those characters, the CLI displays help for that keyword only.
switch#show d?
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