CHAPTER 2: Administration Mode Commands
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WatchGuard Vclass 5.1
tion to the text notation introduced in “CLI Guide text con-
ventions” on page 3.
If you enter a command in the CLI, such as the following:
WG(config)#policy
and press <ENTER> without adding any arguments to the
command line, the WatchGuard CLI will display a com-
Convention
Description
<text>
All required text is enclosed in angle brackets.
-<text>
Some arguments must be preceded by a hyphen
(“-”). If a hyphen is required, but you do not use
it to precede the argument, that argument will be
dropped.
[text]
Optional text is enclosed in square brackets.
{text}
Text wrapped in curly braces is optional, usually
representing qualifications or values related to an
argument.
itemA | itemB
Text items separated by a pipe character (vertical
bar) indicate two options, of which only one can
be entered.
itemA &| itemB
Text followed by an ampersand (&) and a pipe
character (vertical bar) indicates two options,
either or both of which can be entered.
[item_A, item_B,
item_C]
A comma separating bracketed text indicates
repeated options that may be entered one at a
time or all at once.
+ item
A plus (+) sign preceding specific text represents
additional elements that are being added to an
existing setting. For example, to add a new
“member” to an existing address group, you
would type a “+” prior to the address
information of the new member.
no
A “no” entered
before
an argument indicates
that the argument is not to be included in the
command. This is useful when entering a number
of arguments, one of which should not be
included yet must be entered in the command.
\
A backslash character at the end of a portion of
command line signifies that the command line
has been broken at that point, and continues on
the next line.
