Enterasys Networks X-PeditionTM manual Setting CLI Configuration Modes

Utilizing the Command Line Interface

•Command Recall: Non-help commands are stored in the command history list buffer up to the

last 32 commands. You can recall and edit previous commands using shortcut keys. For example: Ctrl+p/Ctrl+n will list the previous/next command respectively and can be applied repeatedly. The up-arrow or down-arrow keys provide the same feature if your terminal supports these keys.

•Tab Completion: Pressing the TAB key or CTRL+I completes a command. In case of an ambiguous match, the word is completed up to the character which leads to ambiguity. For example, hostname and hostDos share the letters host, so tab completion completes the “command” ho to host.

•Carriage Return/Enter: Pressing the carriage return/ENTER key signals the end of a CLI command.

•Help Symbol: At any point you can enter the? character to prompt for a list of possible commands/parameters at a particular mode.

•Error: Proper error messages are displayed if the command could not be issued due to syntax errors or invalid values made by the user.

Typing these characters will produce output as follows:

XSR#showFIioLLJl

XSR#showFIioLLJl

^

% invalid input detected at '^' marker XSR#

•CLI Terminal Editing Command Keys: Refer to the following table for these useful shortcuts.

Table 2-2 CLI Shortcuts

Command	Description	Command	Description
Ctrl + a	Move cursor to beginning of line	Ctrl + p	Previous CLI command in history
Ctrl + b	Move cursor back 1 character	Ctrl + r	Echo current line
Ctrl + c	Same as the CLI end command	Ctrl + u	Delete all characters before cursor
Ctrl + d	Delete 1 character after cursor	Ctrl + w	Delete 1 word before cursor
Ctrl + e	Move cursor to end of line	Ctrl + x	Delete all characters before cursor
Ctrl + f	Move cursor forward 1 character	Ctrl + y	Restores the most recently deleted item
Ctrl + h	Delete 1 character before cursor	Ctrl + z	Same as the CLI end command
Ctrl + I	Tab completion	Del	Delete a character
Ctrl + k	Delete all characters after cursor	Esc + b	Move cursor back 1 word
Ctrl + l	Echo current line	Esc + d	Delete to end of word at cursor
Ctrl + n	Next CLI command in history	Esc + f	Move cursor forward 1 word

Setting CLI Configuration Modes

The CLI provides modes of operation permitting a subset of commands to be issued from each mode. Also, you can issue any command and acquire any mode if the command entered or mode acquired subscribes to the same parent. For example, you can issue the interface serial command at Crypto Map mode because both Serial Interface and Crypto Map modes subscribe to Global (config) mode. Table 2-3describes a few primary modes of operation.

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