Cisco Systems 3750E manual Understanding the Help System, Line vty or line, Console command

Chapter 2 Using the Command-Line Interface

Understanding the Help System

Table 2-1	Command Mode Summary (continued)
Mode		Access Method	Prompt	Exit Method	About This Mode
Interface		While in global	Switch(config-if)#	To exit to global	Use this mode to configure
configuration		configuration mode,		configuration mode,	parameters for the Ethernet
		enter the interface		enter exit.	ports.
		command (with a		To return to	For information about defining
		specific interface).
				privileged EXEC	interfaces, see the “Using
				mode, press Ctrl-Z	Interface Configuration Mode”
				or enter end.	section on page 11-15.
					To configure multiple
					interfaces with the same
					parameters, see the
					“Configuring a Range of
					Interfaces” section on
					page 11-17.
Line configuration		While in global	Switch(config-line)#	To exit to global	Use this mode to configure
		configuration mode,		configuration mode,	parameters for the terminal
		specify a line with		enter exit.	line.
		the line vty or line		To return to
		console command.
				privileged EXEC
				mode, press Ctrl-Z
				or enter end.

For more detailed information on the command modes, see the command reference guide for this release.

Understanding the Help System

You can enter a question mark (?) at the system prompt to display a list of commands available for each command mode. You can also obtain a list of associated keywords and arguments for any command, as shown in Table 2-2.

Table 2-2 Help Summary

Command	Purpose
help	Obtain a brief description of the help system in any command mode.
abbreviated-command-entry?	Obtain a list of commands that begin with a particular character string.
	For example:
	Switch# di?
	dir disable disconnect
abbreviated-command-entry<Tab>	Complete a partial command name.
	For example:
	Switch# sh conf<tab>
	Switch# show configuration

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