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19CLI Reference Guide for Directors and Edge Switches
Entering Command Line Interface Commands
CLI commands can be entered directly at the command line of a workstation or
coded in a script. CLI commands are not case sensitive.
Documentation Conventions
Throughout this publication, periods are used to separate components of a
command name. However, periods cannot be included when the command is
actually entered at a workstation or coded in a script. How to enter commands is
explained in “Navigation of the CLI Command Tree” on page 26. Even though
commands cannot be entered with periods, command line prompts do include
periods as shown below:
Config.Port>
Navigation Conventions
Basic command line navigation conventions are supported. The following table
includes asynchronous commands recognized by the CLI.
Table 2: CLI Command Tree Navigation Conventions
Character
Sequence
Common
Name
Action or Description
<CR> Carriage
Return
Pass a completed line to the parser.
<DEL> Delete Backspace one character and delete the
character.
<NL> New Line Pass a completed line to the parser.
<SP> Space Used to separate keywords.
# Pound Sign Used to designate comments in a script.
? Question Mark Provide help information.
“ Quotation
Mark
Used to surround a single token.
^A Control-A Position the cursor to the start of the line.
^B Control-B Position the cursor left one character.
^D Control-D Delete the current character.
^E Control-E Position the cursor to the end of the line.