Dell 5324 manual Keyboard Shortcuts, CLI Command Conventions, Italic font, Enter, Ctrl+F4

Keyboard Shortcuts

The CLI has a range of keyboard shortcuts to assist in editing the CLI commands. The following table describes the CLI shortcuts.

Keyboard Key	Description
Up-arrow key	Recalls commands from the history buffer, beginning with the most recent
	command. Repeat the key sequence to recall successively older commands.
Down-arrow key	Returns the most recent commands from the history buffer after recalling
	commands with the up arrow key. Repeating the key sequence will recall
	successively more recent commands.
Ctrl+A	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
Ctrl+E	Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
Ctrl+Z / End	Returns back to the Privileged EXEC mode from any mode.
Backspace key	Moves the cursor back one space.

CLI Command Conventions

When entering commands there are certain command entry standards that apply to all commands. The following table describes the command conventions.

Convention	Description
[ ]	In a command line, square brackets indicates an optional entry.
{ }	In a command line, curly brackets indicate a selection of compulsory
	parameters separated by the character. One option must be selected. For
	example: flowcontrol {autoonoff} means that for the flowcontrol
	command either auto, on or off must be selected.
Italic font	Indicates a parameter.
<Enter>	Any individual key on the keyboard. For example click <Enter>.
Ctrl+F4	Any combination keys pressed simultaneously on the keyboard.
Screen	Indicates system messages and prompts appearing on the console.
Display
all	When a parameter is required to define a range of ports or parameters
	and all is an option, the default for the command is all when no
	parameters are defined. For example, the command interface range port-
	channel has the option of either entering a range of channels, or selecting
	all. When the command is entered without a parameter, it automatically
	defaults to all.

Using the CLI

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