DES-3000 Series Layer 2 Switch CLI Reference Manual
Figure 2-4. Using the Up Arrow to Re-enter a Command
In the above example, the command
config account
was entered without the required parameter
<username>
, the CLI returned
the
Next possible completions: <username>
prompt. The up arrow cursor control key was pressed to re-enter the previous
command (
config account
) at the command prompt. Now the appropriate user name can be entered and the
config account
command re-executed.
All commands in the CLI function in this way. In addition, the syntax of the help prompts are the same as presented in this
manual
−
angle brackets < > indicate a numerical value or character string, braces { } indicate optional parameters or a choice of
parameters, and brackets [ ] indicate required parameters.
If a command is entered that is unrecognized by the CLI, the top-level commands will be displayed under the
Available
commands:
prompt.
Figure 2-5. The Next Available Commands Prompt
The top-level commands consist of commands such as
show
or
config
. Most of these commands require one or more parameters
to narrow the top-level command. This is equivalent to
show
what?
or
config
what? Where the what? is the next parameter.
For example, if you enter the
show
command with no additional parameters, the CLI will then display all of the possible next
parameters.
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