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was pressed to re-enter the previous command (config account) at the command prompt. Now the
appropriate username can be entered and the config account command re-executed.
All commands in the CLI function in this way. In addition, the syntax of the help prompts are the same as
presented in this manual angle brackets < > indicate a numerical value or character string. The < > can
also indicate a word with a number for character allowed.
If a command is entered that is unrecognized by the CLI, the top-level commands are displayed under
the Available commands: prompt.
Figure 2–5 Available Commands
The top-level commands consist of commands such as show or config. Most of these commands
require one or more parameters to narrow the top-level command. This is equivalent to show what? or
config what? Where the what? is the next parameter.
For example, entering the show command with no additional parameters, the CLI will then display all of
the possible next parameters.
Figure 2–6 Next possible completions: Show Command
In the above example, all of the possible next parameters for the show command are displayed. At the
next command prompt in the example, the up arrow was used to re-enter the show command, followed
by the account parameter. The CLI then displays the user accounts configured on the Switch.
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