System information

2. CLI Conventions
4821-A2-GB21-00 July 2004
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Keyboard Definitions
The following table summarizes the special uses of keys in the CLI:
Command Syntax Error Handling
The CLI checks the syntax of commands you enter. If an error is detected, the
following prompt is displayed:
Syntax error - use ’?’ to see valid completions
The prompt returns to normal when you press the Enter key.
Automatic Logout
The unit automatically terminates the CLI session if the Inactivity Timeout duration
is exceeded. The Inactivity Timeout is configurable.
Press . . . To . . .
Ctrl-c Clear the current command line entry, exit a command line
prompt without answering, or abort the command in progress.
Ctrl-z Terminate a privileged mode session and continue the session in
standard mode. If Ctrl-z is entered by a user not in privileged
mode, it places the user at the top of the command tree.
Down Arrow Recall commands from the command line history buffer starting
with the first command in the buffer.
Enter Submit the current command line, or, if a More prompt is
displayed, display the next line of text.
q Abort a More prompt and return to the command line prompt.
(Pressing any key other than Enter or the spacebar has this
effect.)
? (Question Mark) Display the Help text for the current command.
Spacebar Display the next page of output when a More prompt is displayed
on line 24 of your screen.
Up Arrow Scroll to the previous valid command line entry leaving the cursor
at the end of the entry.