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FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide 5

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Logging on through the CLI

If you enter an invalid command followed by ?, a message appears indicating the command was

unrecognized. An example is given below.

Brocade(config)#rooter ip

Unrecognized command

Command completion

The CLI supports command completion, so you do not need to enter the entire name of a command

or option. As long as you enter enough characters of the command or option name to avoid

ambiguity with other commands or options, the CLI understands what you are typing. This feature

is not available in the boot loader prompt of ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices.

Scroll control

By default, the CLI uses a page mode to paginate displays that are longer than the number of rows

in your terminal emulation window. For example, if you display a list of all the commands at the

global CONFIG level but your terminal emulation window does not have enough rows to display

them all at once, the page mode stops the display and lists your choices for continuing the display.

An example is given below.

aaa

all-client

appletalk

arp

boot

some lines omitted for brevity...

ipx

lock-address

logging

mac

--More--, next page: Space, next line:

Return key, quit: Control-c

The software provides the following scrolling options:

• Press the Space bar to display the next page (one screen at a time).

• Press the Return or Enter key to display the next line (one line at a time).

• Press Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Q to cancel the display.

Line editing commands

The CLI supports the following line editing commands. To enter a line-editing command, use the

CTRL+key combination for the command by pressing and holding the CTRL key, then pressing the

letter associated with the command.

TABLE 3 CLI line editing commands

Ctrl+Key combination Description

Ctrl+A Moves to the first character on the command line.

Ctrl+B Moves the cursor back one character.