HP GbE2c Global commands, pwd, who, pwd, help, exit, quit, diff, save, ping, popd, . or, diff, save, ping, print, lines, apply, pushd, print, .. or, lines, apply

Global commands

Some basic commands are recognized throughout the menu hierarchy. These commands are useful for obtaining online Help, navigating through menus, and for applying and saving configuration changes.

For help on a specific command, type help. The following screen displays:

Global Commands: [can be issued from any menu]
help	up	print	pwd
lines	verbose	exit	quit
diff	apply	save	revert
ping	traceroute	telnet	history
pushd	popd	who
The following are used to navigate the menu structure:
.	Print current menu
..	Move up one menu level

/Top menu if first, or command separator ! Execute command from historyThe following table describes the global commands.Table 4 Global commands

Command		Action
? command or help		Provides usage information about a specific command on the current menu. When used
		without the command parameter, a summary of the global commands is displayed.
. or	print	Displays the current menu.
.. or	up	Moves up one level in the menu structure.
/		If placed at the beginning of a command, displays the Main Menu. Otherwise, this is used
		to separate multiple commands placed on the same line.
lines		Sets the number of lines (n) that display on the screen at one time. The default is 24 lines.
		When used without a value, the current setting is displayed.
diff		Shows any pending configuration changes that have not been applied.
		diff flash displays all pending configuration changes that have been applied but not
		saved to flash memory (NVRAM), as well as those that have not been applied.
apply		Applies pending configuration changes.
save		Saves the active configuration to backup, and saves the current configuration as active.
		save n saves the current configuration as active, without saving the active configuration
		to backup.
revert		Removes changes that have been made, but not applied.
		revert apply removes all changes that have not been saved.
exit or quit		Exits from the command line interface and logs out.
ping		Verifies station-to-station connectivity across the network. The format is:
		ping <host name> <IP address> [ (number of tries)> [
		msec delay ]]
		• IP address is the hostname or IP address of the device.
		• number of tries (optional) is the number of attempts (1-32).
		• msec delay (optional) is the number of milliseconds between attempts.
traceroute		Identifies the route used for station-to-station connectivity across the network. The format is:
		traceroute <host name> <IP address> [<max-hops> [ msec
		delay ]]
		• IP address is the hostname or IP address of the target station.
		• max-hops (optional) is the maximum distance to trace (1-16 devices)
		• msec delay (optional) is the number of milliseconds to wait for the response.
pwd		Displays the command path used to reach the current menu.

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