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BLADE OS 5.0 Command Reference
BMD00142, November 2009 Chapter 3: Menu Basics
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Global Commands
Some basic commands are recognized throughout the menu hierarchy. These commands are useful
for obtaining online help, navigating through menus, and for applying and saving configuration
changes.
For help on a specific command, type help. You will see the following screen:
Global Commands: [can be issued from any menu]
help up print pwd
lines verbose exit quit
diff apply save revert
revert apply
ping traceroute telnet history
pushd popd who chpass_p
chpass_s
The following are used to navigate the menu structure:
. Print current menu
.. Move up one menu level
/ Top menu if first, or command separator
! Execute command from history
Table 3 Description of Global Commands
Command Action
? command
or help
Provides more information about a specific command on the current menu.
When used without the command parameter, a summary of the global
commands is displayed.
. or print Display the current menu.
list Lists the commands available at the current level. You may follow the list
command with a text string, and list all of the available commands that
match the string.
.. or up Go up one level in the menu structure.
/ If placed at the beginning of a command, go to the Main Menu. Otherwise,
this is used to separate multiple commands placed on the same line.
lines [n] Set the number of lines (n) that display on the screen at one time. The
default is 24 lines. When used without a value, the current setting is
displayed. Set lines to a value of 0 (zero) to disable pagination.
diff Show any pending configuration changes.