v In the command-line interface, the output buffer limit is 2 KB. There is no
v The output of a command is displayed on the screen after the command has
v Simple text messages are used to denote command execution status, as in the
v The command syntax is case sensitive.
v There must be at least one space between an option and its argument. For
v All commands have the -h, -help, and ? options, which give syntax help. All of
v Some of the commands that are described in the following sections might not be
Utility commands
The utility commands are as follows:
v exit
v help
v history
exit command
Description
Use the exit command to log off and end the command-line interface session.
help command
Description
Use the help command to display a list of all commands with a short description
for each. You can also type ? at the command prompt.
buffering. The output of an individual command cannot exceed 2048 characters.
This limit does not apply in serial redirect mode (the data is buffered during
serial redirect).
completed execution. This makes it impossible for commands to report real-time
execution status. For example, in the verbose mode of the flashing command,
the flashing progress is not shown in real time. It is shown after the command
completes execution.
following example:
system> power on
ok
system> power state
Power: On
State: System power off/State unknown
system>
example, ifconfig eth0 -i192.168.70.133 is incorrect syntax. The correct
syntax is ifconfig eth0 -i 192.168.70.133.
the following examples will give the same result:
system> power -h
system> power -help
system> power ?
available. To see a list of the commands that are supported, use the help or ?
option, as shown in the following examples:
system> help
system> ?
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