About Shell Commands; Shell Prompt; Shell Command Shortcuts - Motorola nvg589 Administrator's Hanbook

Administrator's Handbook

About SHELL Commands

You begin in SHELL mode when you start a CLI session. SHELL mode lets you perform the following tasks with
your Motorola Gateway:
◆
Monitor its performance
◆
Display and reset Gateway statistics
◆
Issue administrative commands to restart Motorola Gateway functions

SHELL Prompt

When you are in SHELL mode, the CLI prompt is the name of the Motorola Gateway followed by a right angle
bracket (>). For example, if you open a CLI connection to the Motorola Gateway named "Motorola-3000/
9437188," you would see

SHELL Command Shortcuts

You can truncate most commands in the CLI to their shortest unique string. For example, you can use the trun-
q
cated command in place of the full
reset
the command, since the first characters of
The only commands you cannot truncate are
cations, you must enter the
You can use the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll backward and forward through recent commands you have
entered. Alternatively, you can use the
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Motorola-3000/9437188>
quit
command to exit the CLI. However, you would need to enter
reset
restart
restart clear
and commands in their entirety.
!!
command to repeat the last command you entered.
as your CLI prompt.
restart
are common to the
clear
and . To prevent accidental interruption of communi-
rese
for
command.