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Text conventions
This guide uses the following text conventions:
angle brackets (< >) Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the
description inside the brackets. Do not type the
brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
ping < ip_address >
, you enter:
ping 192.32.10.12
bold text
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Enter
show ip {alerts
|
routes}.
Example: Use the
dinfo
command.
braces ({}) Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions
where there is more than one option. You must choose
only one of the options. Do not type the braces when
entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show ip {alerts | routes}
, you must enter
either:
show ip alerts or show ip routes
, but not
both.
brackets ([ ]) Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do
not type the brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show ip interfaces [-alerts]
, you can enter
either:
show ip interfaces or show ip interfaces
-alerts .
ellipsis points (. . . ) Indicate that you repeat the last element of the
command as needed.
Example: If the command syntax is:
ethernet/2/1 [
<parameter> <value>
] . . .
,
you enter
ethernet/2/1
and as many parameter-value pairs as
needed.