Chapter 36: Zoneranger Text Interface - Tavve zoneranger User Manual

Chapter 36: ZoneRanger Text Interface

Using the ZoneRanger Text Interface
The ZoneRanger text interface provides the ability to view and configure a ZoneRanger providing a
mechanism for configuration automation. This interface is accessible when using Telnet or SSH to
access the ZoneRanger. Only users with admin security level are allowed to access this interface.
The ZoneRanger Text-based interface provides the following set of commands.
Special Character Handling
The ZoneRanger text interface has special characters which have a particular behavior.
? (Question Mark)
\ (Backslash)
" (Quotation Marks)
In order to have one of the above characters entered without special treatment, the backslash
(\)characters need to be entered before the special character. For example, to have the literal ?
character, \? would need to be entered. Be aware the when escaping a character as the above, the
backslash character will no longer appear on the command line.
Command Summary
Command
ZoneRanger 5.5 User's Guide
Question mark produces contextual
help based on the preceding text.
Escapes the next character to remove
any special processing of the next
character.
Quotation marks are used to enclose a
literal string especially when
entering white space characters.
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