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Entering Commands in the CLI
The GigaVUE-OS provides several conventions that make it easy to identify available
commands and enter them quickly:
Technique Description
Context-Sensitive Help
The ? symbol is the key to receiving help wherever you are in the CLI:
• Type ? by itself to see a list of all available commands.
• Word Help – Type a partial word with ? mark immediately following
the partially-typed word to see a list of all possible commands using
the word entered so far.
For example, if you typed r? in Configure mode, the CLI would return
the following possible commands based on what you have entered
so far:
radius-server Configure RADIUS server settings
reload Reboot or shut down the system
reset Reset this system to its factory state
• Command Help – Type a command followed by a question mark to
see all possible arguments for the command as entered. If the node
returns
<cr> , that means the command can be entered as-is.
For example, if you entered gigastream ? , you would see alias . You
can build your way through the entire command tree by entering ?
after each new argument. For example, after entering gigastream
alias myalias ? , you would see the next valid argument – port-list .
N
OTE
:
Typing ? accesses the help system immediately – you do not
need to press <Enter> .
Partial Command Entry
For all GigaVUE H Series commands and arguments, you only need to
enter enough characters to distinguish the command from all other
available commands. So, for example, you do not have to enter the full
command
debug – there is only one command starting with the letter d ,
so you only have to enter d .
Command Completion
If you have partially typed a command, you can press Tab and the CLI
will attempt to complete the command for you based on what has been
entered so far.
Use the command completion feature together with partial command
entry – you can press Tab while entering a command to see a list of all
available commands matching what you have entered so far. For
example, you can press
p<Tab> and the node will return:
ping ping6 port port-group port-pair ptp
Based on this information, you know that you only need to enter pt to
distinguish the ptp command from the other commands beginning with
the letter p.