Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 50)

Chapter 1: Overview
50 Section I: Basic Operations
Formatting Commands
The standard command line interface and the AlliedWare Plus command
line interface follow the same formatting conventions. In the case of the
AlliedWare Plus command line interface, these conventions apply to all of
the command modes.
There are command line interface features which apply to the general use
of the command line and command syntax conventions which apply when
entering the commands. See the following sections.
Command Line
Interface
Features
The following features are supported in the command line interface:
 Command history - Use the up and down arrow keys.
 Context-specific help - Press the question mark key, ?, to display a list
of permitted parameters or all of the available commands for a
particular command mode. There are two formatting options:
– command ? - List the keywords or arguments that are
required by a particular command. A space between a
command and a question mark is required.
– abbreviated command? - Provides a list of commands
that begin with a particular character string. There is no
space between the command and the question mark.
 Keyword abbreviations - Any keyword can be recognized by typing an
unambiguous prefix, for example, type “sh” and the software responds
with “show.”
 Tab key - Pressing the Tab key fills in the rest of the keyword
automatically. For example, typing “sh” and then pressing the Tab key
enters “show” on the command line.
Command
Formatting
Conventions
The following formatting conventions are used in this manual:
 screen text font - This font illustrates the format of a command and
command examples.
 [ ] - Brackets indicate optional parameters.
 | - Vertical line separates parameter options for you to choose from.