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Commands are entered at the command prompt,
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.
There are a number of helpful features included in the CLI. Entering the
?
command will display a list of all of the top-level
commands.
Figure 2-2. The ? Command
When you enter a command without its required parameters, the CLI will prompt you with a
Next possible completions:
message.
Figure 2-3. Example Command Parameter Help
In this case, the command
config account
was entered with the parameter
<username>
. The CLI will then prompt you to enter
the
<username>
with the message,
Next possible completions:
. Every command in the CLI has this feature, and complex
commands have several layers of parameter prompting.
In addition, after typing any given command plus one space, you can see all of the next possible sub-commands, in sequential
order, by repeatedly pressing the
Tab
key.
To re-enter the previous command at the command prompt, press the up arrow cursor key. The previous command will appear at
the command prompt.