1-5
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 5.0
78-16527-01
Chapter 1 Introducing the CLI Configuration Guide
Command Line Editing
Tab Completion
•
Only commands available in the current mode are displayed by tab complete and help.
•
If you are unsure of the complete syntax for a command, you can type a portion of the command and
press
Tab
to complete the command.
•
If multiple commands match for tab completion, nothing is displayed.
Recall
•
To recall the commands entered in a mode, use the Up Arrow or Down Arrow keys or press
Ctrl-P
or
Ctrl-N
.
Note
Help and tab complete requests are not reported in the recall list.
•
A blank prompt indicates the end of the recall list.
Case Sensitivity
•
The CLI is not case sensitive, but it does echo back the text in the same case you typed it. For
example, if you type:
sensor#
CONF
and press
Tab
, the sensor displays:
sensor# CONFigure
Display Options
•
—More—
is an interactive prompt that indicates that the terminal output exceeds the allotted display
space. To display the remaining output, press the
Spacebar
to display the next page of output or
press
Enter
to display the output one line at a time.
•
To clear the current line contents and return to a blank command line, press
Ctrl-C
.
Command Line Editing
Table 1-1
describes the command line editing capabilities provided by the CLI.
Table 1-1
Command Line Editing
Keys
Description
Tab
Completes a partial command name entry. When you type a unique set of characters and
press Tab, the system completes the command name. If you type a set of characters that
could indicate more than one command, the system beeps to indicate an error. Type a
question mark (?) immediately following the partial command (no space). The system
provides a list of commands that begin with that string.
Backspace
Erases the character to the left of the cursor.
Enter
At the command line, pressing Enter processes a command. At the
---More---
prompt
on a terminal screen, pressing Enter scrolls down a line.
Spacebar
Enables you to see more output on the terminal screen. Press the Spacebar when you see
the line
---More---
on the screen to display the next screen.