3Com Switch 4200G Configuration Guide

6 CHAPTER 1: CLI OVERVIEW
CLI Features
Online Help CLI provides two types of online help: complete online help and partial online help.
They assist you with your configuration.
Complete online help
Enter a “?” character in any view on your terminal to display all the commands
available in the view and their brief descriptions. The following takes user view as an
example.
<S4200G> ?
User view commands:
boot Set boot option
cd Change the current path
clock Specify the system clock
cluster Run cluster command
copy Copy the file
debugging Enable system debugging functions
delete Delete the file
dir Display the file list in system
display Display current system information
<omitted>
Enter a command, a space, and a “?” character (instead of a keyword available in this
position of the command) on your terminal to display all the available keywords and
their brief descriptions. The following takes the clock command as an example.
<S4200G> clock ?
datetime Specify the time and date
summer-time Configure summer time
timezone Configure time zone
Enter a command, a space, and a “?” character (instead of an argument available in
this position of the command) on your terminal to display all the available arguments
and their brief descriptions. The following takes the interface vlan command as an
example.
[4200G] interface vlan ?
<1-4094> VLAN interface number
[4200G] interface vlan 1 ?
<cr>
The string <cr> means no argument is available in the position occupied by the “?”
character. You can execute the command without providing any other information.
Partial online help
Enter a string followed directly by a “?” character on your terminal to display all the
commands beginning with the string. For example:
<S4200G> pi?
ping
Enter a command, a space, and a string followed by a “?” character on your terminal
to display all the keywords that belong to the command and begin with the string (if
available). For example:
<S4200G> display ver?
version