Basic line editing commands, Access modes, Basic line editing commands access modes – Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch User Manual

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Chapter 1: SSR Product Overview

Basic Line Editing Commands

The CLI supports EMACs-like line editing commands. The following table lists some
commonly used commands.

Access Modes

The SSR CLI has four access modes.

User

– Allows you to display basic information and use basic utilities such as ping but

does not allow you to display SNMP, filter, and access control list information or make
other configuration changes. You are in User mode when the command prompt ends
with the

>

character:

Enable

– Allows you to display SNMP, filter, and access control information as well as

all the information you can display in User mode. To enter Enable mode, enter the
enable

command, then supply the password when prompted. When you are in Enable

mode, the command prompt ends with the

#

character:

Configure

– Allows you to make configuration changes. To enter Configure mode, first

enter Enable mode (enable command), then enter the configure command from the
Enable command prompt. When you are in Configure mode, the command prompt
ends with

(config)

.

Boot

– This mode appears when the SSR the external flash card or the system image is

not found during bootup. You should enter the reboot command to reset the SSR. If the
SSR still fails to bootup, please call Cabletron Technical Support.

Table 2. Common CLI key commands

Key Sequence

Command

Ctrl+A

Move cursor to beginning of line

Ctrl+B

Move cursor back one character

Ctrl+D

Delete character

Ctrl+E

Move cursor to end of line

Ctrl+F

Move cursor forward one character

Ctrl+N

Scroll to next command in command history (use the cli show
history

command to display the history)

Ctrl+P

Scroll to previous command in command history

Ctrl+U

Erase entire line

Ctrl+X

Erase from cursor to end of line

Ctrl+Z

Exit current access mode to previous access mode

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