Chapter 45: CLI Overview
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CLI Help Feature
Command completion and positional help are two features that serve as memory joggers for users who are unable to
remember the entire command string or parameter placement.
Use of Question Mark (?)
Entering the question mark (?) at the command line prompt will display a list of the available commands. To get specific
help on a command mode, command name, keyword, or an argument, use any of the following commands:
Table 142.
Command Help
Command
Result
C4# help
General CLI usage information. Informs the user what "?" does, what <cr>
means in the help display, show-all commands and the use of "|".
C4# ?
Lists all commands appropriate to the command mode.
C4# abbreviated-command-entry?
Lists commands in the current mode that begin with a particular character
string.
C4# abbreviated-command-entry
<space>
Completes a partial command name.
C4# abbreviated-command-entry
<Tab>
Completes a partial command name.
C4# command ?
Lists the available command and options.
C4# command option ?
Lists the next available syntax option for the command.
Entering the question mark (?) after entering the complete name of a command or command option, will enable the CLI to
list the available commands and options.
Entering the question mark (?) in the middle of a command name, enables the CLI to list the possible command
completions that match the letters you have entered so far; the letters that you typed are redisplayed. When you find the