User Guide

32 CLI Basics March 2005
Prefix Prompt
You can set the CLI to display the current command prefix as
the command prompt by entering the following command:
-> prompt prefix
After entering this command, your command prompt will
include current stored prefix information until a new prompt is
specified. For example, the following is a prompt for a user
who has begun configuring VLAN 32:
-> vlan 32
To set the prompt back to the default arrow ( -> ), enter the
following syntax, exactly as shown, at the prefix prompt:
prompt string ->
Command History
You can view a list of up to 30 of the most recently executed
commands via the show history command. For example:
-> show history
1 show cmm
2 show fan
3 show sensor
4 show temperature
5 ip load dvmrp
6 show arp
7 show cmm
8 show fan
9 show sensor
10 show temperature
11 ip load dvmrp
12 show arp
13 show history
Note that the most recent commands are displayed lower in the
list. For this reason, the show history command will always be
listed last.
You can recall commands from the history list by entering an
exclamation point ( ! ). For example:
-> !4
-> show temperature
The CLI prints the fourth command from the history list (in
this case, show temperature) at the CLI prompt.
You can also recall the last command in the history list by
entering two exclamation points ( !! ). For example:
-> !!
-> show history
To specify the number of commands displayed in the history
list (1 - 30), use the history size command. For example:
-> history size 10
To view the current history list settings, use the show history
parameters command. For example:
-> show history parameters
History size: 30
CurrentSize: 10
Index Range: 1-10