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Entering Commands
This section describes how to enter CLI commands.
Keywords and Arguments
A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords
identify a command, and arguments specify configuration
parameters. For example, in the command “show interfaces status
ethernet 1/5,” show interfaces and status are keywords,
ethernet is an argument that specifies the interface type, and 1/5
specifies the unit/port.
You can enter commands as follows:
• To enter a simple command, enter the command keyword.
• To enter multiple commands, enter each command in the
required order. For example, to enable Privileged Exec
command mode, and display the startup configuration, enter:
Console>enable
Console#show startup-config
• To enter commands that require parameters, enter the required
parameters after the command keyword. For example, to set a
password for the administrator, enter:
Console(config)#username admin password 0 smith
Minimum Abbreviation
The CLI will accept a minimum number of characters that uniquely
identify a command. For example, the command “configure” can
be entered as con. If an entry is ambiguous, the system will
prompt for further input.
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