BelAir20E User Guide
Command Line Interface Basics
April 2, 2012
Confidential
Document Number BDTM02201-A01 Standard
Version is BA20E 12.0.0.D.2011.01.19.14.32 (r36096)
Displaying the Current
Date and Time
show date
This command displays the current date and time.
Example 1
The following example displays the current date and time when it is set
manually.
/# show date
Current date: 2007-05-10 06:52:20
Example 2
The following example displays the current date and time when using a Simple
Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server and a time offset of -4 hours and 30
minutes. See
“Configuring the System Date and Time” on page 51
for details.
/# show date
Current date: 2006-07-21 13:15:16 (UTC)
Current date: 2006-07-21 08:45:16
Displaying Current User
whoami
This command displays current user.
Example
/# whoami
/# Current User is root
Switching User
Accounts
su <username>
This command changes the user account you are currently using. To return to
the original user account, use the
exit
command.
Example
/# whoami
Current User is root
/# su guest
/> whoami
Current User is guest
/> exit
/# whoami
Current User is root
Replacing a Token by a
String
alias [<replacement string> <token to be replaced>]
This command replaces the specified token by the given string. It is provided for
customers writing scripts. See
“Scripting Guidelines” on page 223
.
