Displaying cli “help, Displaying cli “help” -11 – HP 2910AL User Manual

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Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Using the CLI

Displaying CLI “Help”

CLI Help provides two types of context-sensitive information:

Command list with a brief summary of each command’s purpose

Detailed information on how to use individual commands

Displaying Command-List Help.

Syntax: help

Displays a listing of command Help summaries for all
commands available at the current privilege level. That is, at
the Operator level, executing

help displays the Help summaries

only for Operator-Level commands. At the Manager level,
executing

help displays the Help summaries for both the

Operator and Manager levels, and so on.

For example, to list the Operator-Level commands with their purposes:

Figure 4-6. Example of Context-Sensitive Command-List Help

Displaying Help for an Individual Command.

Syntax: < command-string > help

This option displays Help for any command available at the
current context level.

For example, to list the Help for the

interface command in the Global Config­

uration privilege level:

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