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80 TimeProvider 500 2.0 User’s Guide 098-00172-000 Revision A – December, 2009
Chapter 4 CLI Commands
Overview
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Previously typed commands can be recalled by using the UP ARROW key. You
can recall up to five previously typed commands. Continually pressing the UP
ARROW key will cycle you through the five previously typed commands. After
pressing the UP ARROW key five times, you will go back to the last command
you previously typed. Use the DOWN ARROW key to cycle the five prior typed
commands in the opposite direction.
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You can use BACKSPACE to correct keystroke errors, or to reuse parts of a
previously typed command. When using BACKSPACE, the removed characters
will still appear on the screen, but they have been removed to the position shown
by the cursor. When you start typing, the removed characters are overwritten.
Command Line Format
The command line format is as follows:
[Verb] Command [Parameter] [Data] EOL
Example:
set output freerun squelch
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set = Verb
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output = Command
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freerun = Parameter
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squelch = Data
Command line format description:
Verb – the type of action to be taken with the command.
Parameter –command input that defines the particular command element to be
shown or modified.
Data – The data input for the parameter, if any.
EOL – this parser responds to any input line terminator. Possible terminators are
CR, LF, or CRLF. When the parser receives any of these terminators, the input is
terminated, and the command line entry is processed. Pressing the Enter key also
produces EOL.
Note :
Both the TAB key and
“ ? ”
have the same function. Both
can be used at any time while typing a command (including at
the prompt) to provide continuation options
.