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,
(comma) you can select
one or more
of the displayed
bitmasks
:
[FIRST,SECOND,THIRD,...]
• Position independent
arguments are shown in a vertical array following
the command.
•
The type of value you enter must match the type requested. Numbers are
either decimal or hexadecimal. Text can be either a string that you create,
or it may be a list of options you must choose from. When choosing an
option, type the text of the option exactly.
•
“Double quotation marks” set off user-defined
strings
. If you want white
space or special characters in a string, it must be enclosed by “double
quotation marks”.
•
If a keyword is not
unique
, it will “ding”. Then, if you wish to list
possible keywords, you may use positional help (see next item).
Entering Commands
Commands can be abbreviated if the portion of the command you type is
unique. For example, you can type
se us jay pa bird
, short for:
set user jay
password bird
, but you can't type
se us jay m bird
, because
m
can stand for
message
or
modem_group
. You can use command completion and positional
help when entering command strings. These are explained in detail in the
section titled
Command Features
on page 145.
Using Control Characters
•
While working in the CLI, system messages may scroll across your
screen. You can recall the last thing you typed, using
l (ctrl l). This
can be helpful if you are unsure exactly where you were when you
received the system message.
• If you have typed ahead to enter a series of commands, and you want to
stop processing your commands, you can press
c (ctrl c) to abort any
currently executing and stacked commands.
• Commands can be retrieved by typing
p [ctrl p] (for previous) and
n [ctrl n] (for next). Command retrieval consults the history of
previous fully entered commands, defaulting at the last ten commands. If
an error occurs while a command is processing, any partial command (up
to and including the field in error) is added to the history list.