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Table 5. Other delimiters (continued)
Delimiter Example Description
A string surrounded by double quotation
marks regardless of the white space
contained within, is interpreted as a
single SYSCFG argument.
syscfg --option="argument1
argument2"
considers
argument1
and
argument2
a single argument.
A double quotation mark preceded by a
backslash (\") is interpreted as a literal
double quotation mark (").
syscfg --
option="\"argument"
considers "argument as the argument.
Backslashes are interpreted literally,
unless they immediately precede a
double quotation mark. If an even
number of backslashes are followed
by a double quotation mark, then one
backslash (\) is taken for every pair
of backslashes (\\), and the double
quotation mark (") is interpreted as a
string delimiter.
syscfg --option="\
\"argument"
considers \ and argument as two
arguments.
If an odd number of backslashes are
followed by a double quotation mark,
then one backslash (\) is taken for
every pair of backslashes (\\) and the
double quotation mark is interpreted as
an escape sequence by the remaining
backslash, causing a literal double
quotation mark (") to be placed in the
SYSCFG argument.
syscfg --option="\\
\"argument"
considers \ "argument as the
argument.
Read And Write Commands
Options can report a certain value or set of values based on the presence of an argument. These read or write actions are
implied in the DTK command line arguments. The get, read, set, or write commands, for example, are not required.
NOTE: You cannot combine options that specify read or write actions in a command line instance.
Table 6. Read and Write Command Examples
Valid/Invalid DTK Command Line Example
valid
syscfg --option1 --option2
valid
syscfg --option1=arg --option2=arg
invalid
syscfg --option1=arg --option2
File Input And Output Commands
● Specify the file input using the -i <filename> command, where <filename> is the name of the input file.
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