CLI Guide

few letters to uniquely identify a keyword, pressing Tab or Ctrl+i will list commands or keywords that match the entered string
and redisplays the string so you can complete it.
When scripting commands, type commands in full to aid readability.
The history contains commands entered in the active CLI session. You can recall a command from the history, edit it, and run it.
Table 2. Keyboard shortcuts for command completion, editing, and history
Action Press
Complete a partially entered keyword Tab or Ctrl+i
Show command history F6
Get previous command from history Up Arrow
Get next command from history Down Arrow
Move cursor left Left Arrow
Move cursor right Right Arrow
Delete previous character Backspace
Size representations
Operating systems usually show volume size in base 2. Disk drives usually show size in base 10. Memory (RAM and ROM) size is
always shown in base 2.
In the CLI, the base for entry and display of storage-space sizes can be set per user or per session; see create user on page
57 and set set cli-parameters on page 114. When entering storage-space sizes only, either base-2 or base-10 units can be
specified.
Table 3. Size representations in base 2 and base 10
Base 2 Base 10
Unit Size in bytes Unit Size in bytes
KiB (kibibyte) 1,024 KB (kilobyte) 1,000
MiB (mebibyte) 1,024 MB (megabyte) 1,000
GiB (gibibyte) 1,024 GB (gigabyte) 1,000
TiB (tebibyte) 1,024 TB (terabyte) 1,000
PiB (pebibyte) 1,024 PB (petabyte) 1,000
EiB (exbibyte) 1,024 EB (exabyte) 1,000
The locale setting determines the character used for the decimal (radix) point, as shown in the following table:
Table 4. Decimal (radix) point character by locale
Language Character Examples
English, Chinese, Japanese,
Korean
Period (.)
146.81 GB
3.0 Gb/s
French, German, Spanish Comma (,)
146,81 GB
3,0 Gb/s
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