Command Line Reference Guide

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Obtaining Help
As soon as you are in a command mode there are several ways to access help.
• To obtain a list of keywords at any command mode, do the following:
— Enter a ? at the prompt or after a keyword. There must always be a space before the ?.
• To obtain a list of keywords with a brief functional description, do the following:
— Enter help at the prompt.
• To obtain a list of available options, do the following:
— Type a keyword followed by a space and a ?
• Type a partial keyword followed by a ?
— A display of keywords beginning with the partial keyword is listed.
The following text describes the results of entering ip ? at the prompt.
FTOS(conf)#ip ?
access-list Named access-list
as-path BGP autonomous system path filter
community-list Add a community list entry
domain-list Domain name to complete unqualified host name
domain-lookup Enable IP Domain Name System hostname translation
domain-name Define the default domain name
fib FIB configuration commands
ftp FTP configuration commands
host Add an entry to the ip hostname table
max-frag-count Max. fragmented packets allowed in IP re-assembly
multicast-routing Enable IP multicast forwarding
name-server Specify address of name server to use
pim Protocol Independent Multicast
prefix-list Build a prefix list
radius Interface configuration for RADIUS
redirect-list Named redirect-list
route Establish static routes
scp SCP configuration commands
FTOS(config-mstp)# MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE
FTOS(config-pvst)# Per-VLAN SPANNING TREE Plus
FTOS(config-rstp)# RAPID SPANNING TREE
FTOS(config-gvrp)# PROTOCOL GVRP
FTOS(config-route-map)# ROUTE-MAP
FTOS(conf-nprefixl)# PREFIX-LIST
FTOS(conf-router_rip)# ROUTER RIP
FTOS(conf-redirect-list)# REDIRECT
FTOS(conf-router_bgp)# ROUTER BGP
FTOS(conf-router_ospf)# ROUTER OSPF
FTOS(conf-router_isis)# ROUTER ISIS
FTOS(conf-trace-acl)# TRACE-LIST
Table 4-2. Command Prompt and Corresponding Command Mode
Prompt CLI Command Mode