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Chapter 1: Using the Command-Line Interface
In this case, the command config account was entered with the parameter <username>. The CLI will
then prompt to enter the <username> with the message, Next possible completions:. Every command
in the CLI has this feature, and complex commands have several layers of parameter prompting.
In addition, after typing any given command plus one space, users can see all of the next possible sub-
commands, in sequential order, by repeatedly pressing the Tab key.
To re-enter the previous command at the command prompt, press the up arrow cursor key. The
previous command will appear at the command prompt.
EAS 200-24p:admin# config account
Command: config account
Next possible completions:
<username>
EAS 200-24p:admin# config account
In the above example, the command config account was entered without the required parameter
<username>, the CLI returned the Next possible completions: <username> prompt. The up arrow
cursor control key 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, braces { }
indicate optional parameters or a choice of parameters, and brackets [ ] indicate required parameters.
If a command is entered that is unrecognized by the CLI, the top-level commands will be displayed
under the Available commands: prompt.
EAS 200-24p:admin#the
Available commands:
..
cfm
copy
delete
enable
logout
ping6
reset
traceroute
EAS 200-24p:admin#
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.
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change
create
dir
erase
md
rd
save
traceroute6
cable_diag
clear
debug
disable
format
move
reboot
show
upload
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cd
config
del
download
login
ping
rename
telnet