Cli Tips And Shortcuts - Cisco Router IOS XR Getting Started Manual

CLI Tips, Techniques, and Shortcuts
This chapter describes techniques for using the command-line interface (CLI) of the
Cisco IOS XR software.
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The chapter contains the following sections:
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Note Commands can be entered in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. Only passwords are case sensitive.
However, the Cisco Systems documentation convention presents commands in lowercase.

CLI Tips and Shortcuts

The following sections describe tips and shortcuts useful when using the CLI:
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CLI Tips and Shortcuts, page 6-1
Displaying System Information with show Commands, page 6-5
Wildcards, Templates, and Aliases, page 6-11
Command History, page 6-16
Key Combinations, page 6-18
Entering Abbreviated Commands, page 6-2
Using the Question Mark (?) to Display On-Screen Command Help, page 6-2
Completing a Partial Command with the Tab Key, page 6-4
Identifying Command Syntax Errors, page 6-4
Using the no Form of a Command, page 6-5
Editing Command Lines that Wrap, page 6-5
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