1-12
2) Enter a command, a space, a character/string and a question mark (?) next to it. All the keywords
beginning with the character/string (if available) are displayed on your terminal. For example:
<Sysname> display v?
version
vlan
voice
3) Enter the first several characters of a keyword of a command and then press <Tab>. If there is a
unique keyword beginning with the characters just typed, the unique keyword is displayed in its
complete form. If there are multiple keywords beginning with the characters, you can have them
displayed one by one (in complete form) by pressing <Tab> repeatedly.
Terminal Display
The CLI provides the screen splitting feature to have display output suspended when the screen is full.
When display output pauses, you can perform the following operations as needed (see
Table 1-2
).
Table 1-2
Display-related operations
Operation
Function
Press <Ctrl+C>
Stop the display output and execution of the
command.
Press any character except <Space>, <Enter>, /,
+, and - when the display output pauses
Stop the display output.
Press the space key
Get to the next page.
Press <Enter>
Get to the next line.
Command History
The CLI provides the command history function. You can use the
display history-command
command
to view a specific number of latest executed commands and execute them again in a convenient way.
By default, the CLI can store up to 10 latest executed commands for each user. You can view the
command history by performing the operations listed in the following table:
Follow these steps to view history commands:
Purpose
Operation
Remarks
Display the latest
executed history
commands
Execute the
display
history-command
command
This command displays the
command history.
Recall the previous
history command
Press the up arrow key or
<Ctrl+P>
This operation recalls the previous
history command (if available).
Recall the next history
command
Press the down arrow key or
<Ctrl+N>
This operation recalls the next history
command (if available).
