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Command Completion

The CLI features command completion, which means that when starting to enter a command it can

be completed by pressing the Tab" key.

For example, entering a at the firewall command group selection, followed by a Tab" stroke

results in the full assign command being completed. Entering firewall a from top level gives the

same result.

For the completion to be successful, the part to be added must be unique. Completion works for the

command groups, for the commands, for the options, but not for values.

EXAMPLE:

=>firewall

[firewall]=>a “Tab“

[firewall]=>assign

Going to the beginning or end of the Command Line

Go to the beginning of the Command Line by pressing "Ctrl+A"; to go to the end of the

Command Line press "Ctrl+E".

In the following example, the first

 indicates the position of the cursor after pressing "Ctrl+A", the

second

 the position of the cursor after pressing "Ctrl+E".

EXAMPLE:

=>list

Breaking off Commands

You can break off a command by pressing Ctrl+G". This can be useful in a situation where a user

is prompted to enter a value which it does not know and wants to abort the command. Instead of

being prompted over and over again for the same value, this allows to break of the command.

In the example below Ctrl+G" is pressed after the third prompt `vpi =`. The command is broken

of and the user returns to the command line.

EXAMPLE:

[firewall]=>match

chain =

Ctrl+G"

[firewall]=>