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Table 44 Command-Line Syntax Conventions
Table 45 Command-Line Shortcuts and Getting Help
Convention Use Examples
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Indicates that you must type the text. ip route
Enter Bold face type indicates a keyboard key
press. A plus sign (+) indicates key
combinations. For example, for Ctrl+U,
press and hold down the Ctrl key, then
press the U key.
Enter
Esc
Ctrl+U
<variable> Specifies a variable name or other
information that you must replace with a
real name or value.
ip address ethernet
<ip_address>
bold
characters
Indicates the shortcut characters for a
command.
ip ethernet canalsobe
typed as ie
| Separates two mutually exclusive choices
in a command. Type one choice and do
not type the vertical bar.
exit|quit
() Encloses a range of values from which
you can choose a value.
ip ethernet
<aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd>
(0-32)
Type To do this...
?
To display the names of the root commands.
<command_name> ? To display the syntax for a command.
help To display all the commands, their subcommands and
the parameters and options for each command.
help <command_name> To display the parameters and options for the
command.
!! To repeat the last command that was executed.
ESC To cancel the command you are typing.