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Preface
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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 Courier text
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Use the
show health
command.
Example: Enter
terminal paging
{
off
|
on
}
.
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
ldap-server
source {external | internal}
, you must enter
either
ldap-server source external
or
ldap-server source internal
, 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 ntp [associations]
, you can enter
either
show ntp
or
show ntp associations
.
Example: If the command syntax is
default rsvp
[
token-bucket
{
depth
|
rate
}], you can enter
default rsvp
,
default rsvp token-bucket
depth
,
or
default rsvp token-bucket
rate
.
ellipsis points (. . . )
Indicate that you repeat the last element of the
command as needed.
Example: If the command syntax is
more
disk
n
:
<directory>
/
...
<file_name>
,
you enter
more
and the fully qualified name of the file.
