Conventions; Format Conventions; Special Characters; Parameter Format - TP-Link T1600-28TS Cli Reference Manual

1.4 Conventions

1.4.1 Format Conventions

The following conventions are used in this Guide:
Items in square brackets [ ] are optional
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Items in braces { } are required
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Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. For example:
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speed {10 | 100 | 1000 }
Bold indicates an unalterable keyword. For example: show logging
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Normal Font indicates a constant (several options are enumerated and only one can be
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selected). For example: mode {dynamic | static | permanent}
Italic Font indicates a variable (an actual value must be assigned). For example: bridge
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aging-time
aging-time

1.4.2 Special Characters

You should pay attentions to the description below if the variable is a character string:
These six characters " < > , \ & can not be input.
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If a blank is contained in a character string, single or double quotation marks should be
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used, for example 'hello world', "hello world", and the words in the quotation marks will be
identified as a string. Otherwise, the words will be identified as several strings.

1.4.3 Parameter Format

Some parameters must be entered in special formats which are shown as follows:
MAC address must be enter in the format of xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
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One or several values can be typed for a port-list or a vlan-list using comma to separate.
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Use a hyphen to designate a range of values, for instance,1/0/1,1/0/3-5,1/0/7 indicates
choosing port 1/0/1,1/0/3,1/0/4,1/0/5,1/0/7.
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