User manual

CLI Reference Guide 23
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Command line editing allows these options:
b
(ctrl b) or
(left
arrow) brings you go back one character;
b (ctrl b) or
(left arrow)
brings you back one character;
f (ctrl f) or
(right arrow) takes you
forward one character;
b (Esc-b) takes you back one word;
f
(Esc-f) takes you forward one word;
a (ctrl a) takes you to the
beginning of a command;
e (ctrl e) takes you to the end of a
command and
k (ctrl k) kills the line.
Abbreviation and Command Completion
• Commands can be abbreviated if arguments you write are unique.
For example, you can type se us jay pa bird, short for: set user jay
password bird is acceptable, but se us jay m "Fly this coop" isn’t
unique because m can stand for message or modem_group.
• For brevity, some commands in this User Manual are abbreviated
and annotated (abbr.).
Some parameters are omitted in examples because they default to
standard values and do not require entry, or are unecessary for
common configuration. See the CLI Reference Guide for more.
• Command completion finishes spelling a unique, abbreviated value
for you just by pressing the
(Esc) key. It’s handy when you’re
in a hurry or uncertain about a command. For example, if you type
add ip n
(Esc),
it will spell out the keyword network without
losing your place in the command syntax.
Help
• Help is general or positional. Type help <any command keyword>
to get a cursory list of associated commands and its syntax. Type
<any command> ? to get more extensive, positional help for a
particular field. Help is most useful during configuration: query the
list of possible parameters by typing ? and, when you find the
value you need, type it without losing your place in the argument.
Just leave a space between the keyword and the question mark.
Additional Conventions
• Most commands are not case sensitive. As a rule, only <name> and
[password] values require typing the correct case.
• Configuration changes are impermanent: they occur immediately
but are lost on reboot unless you save them because the save all
command places configuration changes in FLASH ROM. These
changes are lost by NETServer if power fails before saving them.