Using Tcl; Using Tcl To Configure The Device; Executing Comware Commands In Tcl Configuration View - HP 5920 series Fundamentals Configuration Manual

Using Tcl

Comware V7 provides a built-in tool command language (Tcl) interpreter. From user view, you can use
the tclsh command to enter Tcl configuration view to execute the following commands:
• Tcl 8.5 commands.
Comware commands.
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The Tcl configuration view is equivalent to the user view. You can use Comware commands in Tcl
configuration view in the same way they are used in user view. For example, you can perform the
following tasks:
Use the system-view command to enter system view to configure features.
U se the quit command to return to the upper-level view.

Using Tcl to configure the device

When you use Tcl to configure the device, follow these guidelines and restrictions:
• You can apply Tcl environment variables to Comware commands.
No online help information is provided for Tcl commands.
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You cannot press Tab to complete an abbreviated Tcl command.
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• Successfully executed Tcl commands are not saved to command history buffers.
To use Tcl to configure the device:
Task
Enter Tcl configuration view from user view.
Execute a Tcl command.
Return from Tcl configuration view to user view.
Executing Comware commands in Tcl configuration
view
Follow these restrictions and guidelines when you execute Comware commands in Tcl configuration view:
For Comware commands, you can enter ? to obtain online help or press Tab to complete an
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abbreviated command. For more information, see
• The cli command is a Tcl command, so you cannot enter ? to obtain online help or press Tab to
complete an abbreviated command.
Successfully executed Comware commands are saved to command history buffers. You can use the
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upper arrow or lower arrow key to obtain executed commands.
To execute multiple Comware commands in one operation:
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Command
tclsh
Tcl command
tclquit
"Using the
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CLI."