Chapter 23 Command Line Interface

23.1.3 Using Shortcuts and Getting Help

This table identifies some shortcuts in the CLI, as well as how to get help.

Table 74 CLI Shortcuts and Help

COMMAND / KEY(S)

DESCRIPTION

yz (up/down arrow keys)

Scrolls through the list of recently-used commands. You

 

can edit any command or press [ENTER] to run it again.

[CTRL]+U

Clears the current command.

?

Displays the keywords and/or input values that are

 

allowed in place of the ?.

 

There are 2 types of help in the MES-2110: descriptive

 

and parameter.

 

Descriptive help: This type of help displays a short

 

description of the command.

 

To display descriptive help, simply type command? with

 

no space between the command’s final letter and the

 

question mark.

 

Parameter help: This type of help displays all available

 

parameters for the command in question.

 

To display parameter help, type command ? with a space

 

between the command’s final letter and the question

 

mark. In some cases, commands do not have any

 

parameters and typing this results in the command being

 

carried out.

 

 

help

Displays the (full) commands that are allowed in place of

 

help.

23.2 Saving Changes

In the MES-2110, whenever you make changes using the command line interface they are not saved by default.

To save your changes, you must use the following commands starting in Basic command mode (for details on this mode, see Section 23.5 on page 182):

MES-2110> enable

MES-2110# write memory

It takes a few moments to write memory...

MES-2110#

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