Customizing the Screen Display
Using the CLI
page 5-18
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide
April 2006
Displaying Table Information
The amount of information displayed on your console screen can be extensive, especially for certain
show
commands. By default, the CLI will immediately scroll all information to the screen. The more mode can
be used to limit the number of lines displayed to your screen. To use the more mode requires two steps as
follows:
•
Specify the number of lines displayed while in the more mode.
•
Enter the more mode.
size
command specifies the number of lines displayed to the screen while in the more mode.
The following syntax will set the switch to display six lines of data to the screen while in the CLI is in
more mode.
-> more size 6
The following command enables the more feature.
-> more
After these commands are executed, the CLI will display no more than 6 lines to the screen at a time
followed by the
More?
prompt. The following is a sample display.
-> show snmp mib family
MIP ID MIB TABLE NAME FAMILY
-------+----------------------------------------+---------------------
6145 esmConfTrap NO SNMP ACCESS
6146 alcetherStatsTable interface
6147 esmConfTable interface
More? [next screen <sp>, next line <cr>, filter pattern </>, quit <q>]
At the
More?
prompt, you are given a list of options. The output formats are described here:
<sp>
Press <sp> (space bar) to display the next page of information.
<cr>
Press <cr> (character return) to display the next line of information
/
Press / to enter the filter mode. (See
“Filtering Table Information” on page 5-19
.)
<q>
Press the character “q” to exit
More?
and return you to the system prompt.
To exit the more mode, use the
no
CLI command.
Note.
The value set with the
size
command applies to the screen display when the CLI is in the more
mode or when you are using the switch’s Vi text editor.
