GE ML1200 instruction manual Help command string, Command Enter

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

1.4.9Help

Typing the help command lists the commands you can execute at the current privilege level. For example, typing help at the Operator level shows the following:

ML1200> help

logout ping set

terminal telnet walkmib

Contextless Commands:

!?clear

enable exit help

show whoami alarm

ML1200>

Help for any command that is available at the current context level can be viewed by typing help followed by enough of the command string to identify the command. The following syntax applies:

help <command string>

For example, to list the help for the set time command

ML1200# help set time

set time : Sets the device Time

Usage

set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]

ML1200#

The options for a specific command can be displayed by typing the command and pressing enter. The following syntax applies:

command <Enter>

For example, the options for the show command are:

ML1200# show <Enter>

Usage

show active-stp show active-snmp show active-vlan show address-table show age

show alarm show arp

show auth <configports> show backpressure

show bootmode --more--

Other ways to display help, specifically, with reference to a command or a set of commands, use the TAB key. The following syntax applies:

<TAB>

<Command string> <TAB>

<First character of the command> <TAB>

For example, following the syntax listed above, the <TAB> key will list the available commands in the particular privilege level:

ML1200> <TAB>

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