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194 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
Requesting Help for the CLI
There are two methods for requesting help for the CLI:
• To obtain general help on the format of CLI, type config help | more at the terminal
prompt.
• Help may be requested at any point in a command by entering a “?.” If nothing matches,
the help list will be empty and you must backup until entering a “?” shows the available
options.
For example:
• To find out possible commands that can come after config, type:
config ?
• To find out what parameters are configurable through CLI, type:
config configure line <serial port number> ?
Note: To include spaces within the string you are configuring, encapsulate the
string within single or double quotes. For instance, to configure s2.sttyCmd -
igncr -onlcr, type (do not put a space after a comma):
config configure line 2 sttycmd "-igncr -onlcr"
Tip. You can specify the range or list of serial ports if you wish to configure the
same parameters for several ports. For instance, to configure parameters for
ports 2 through 4, you can type this command: config configure line 2-4
[options]. Or to configure parameters for just ports 4, 6, and 9, you can type:
config configure line 4,6,9 [options]
(Do not put a space after the commas when listing the serial ports.)