Users Guide

To obtain a list of

partial keywords

using a partial

keyword:

Type a partial keyword and then type a ?.

Example

The following is an example of typing ip ? at the prompt:

Dell(conf)#ip ?

igmp Internet Group Management Protocol

route Establish static routes

telnet Specify telnet options

When entering commands, you can take advantage of the following timesaving features:

• The commands are not case-sensitive.

• You can enter partial (truncated) command keywords. For example, you can enter int tengig int for the interface

tengigabitethernet interface command.

• To complete keywords in commands, use the TAB key.

• To display the last enabled command, use the up Arrow key.

• To erase the previous character, use either the Backspace key or Delete key.

• To navigate left or right in the Dell Networking OS command line, use the left and right Arrow keys.

The shortcut key combinations at the Dell Networking OS command line are as follows:

Key Combination

Action

CNTL-A Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.

CNTL-B Moves the cursor back one character.

CNTL-D Deletes the character at the cursor.

CNTL-E Moves the cursor to the end of the line.

CNTL-F Moves the cursor forward one character.

CNTL-I Completes a keyword.

CNTL-K Deletes all the characters from the cursor to the end of the command line.

CNTL-L Re-enters the previous command.

CNTL-N Returns to the more recent commands in the history buer after recalling commands with Ctrl-P or the up Arrow

key.

CNTL-P Recalls commands, beginning with the last command.

CNTL-U Deletes the line.

CNTL-W Deletes the previous word.

CNTL-X Deletes the line.

CNTL-Z Comes back to EXEC mode from any CONFIGURATION mode.

Esc B Moves the cursor back one word.

Esc F Moves the cursor forward one word.

Esc D Deletes all the characters from the cursor to the end of the word.

Using the Keyword no Command

To disable, delete or return to default values, use the no form of the commands.

For most commands, if you type the keyword no in front of the command, you disable that command or delete it from the running

conguration. In this guide, the no form of the command is described in the Syntax portion of the command description. For example:

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