Getting Help; Context-Sensitive Help - Motorola BSR 2000 Configuration And Management Manual

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Getting Help

Enter a question mark (?) at the prompt to display a complete list and short
description of the available commands in each command mode. You can enter the
question mark with the complete command or its unique abbreviation. For example,
to obtain help for the show users command, you can enter show users ?.
If the CLI detects an error a the command line, it positions a caret symbol (^) at the
error.

Context-sensitive Help

Display a list of command-associated keywords and arguments by using the
context-sensitive help features. To get help for a specific command mode, command,
keyword, or argument, use the entries in
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If the <WORD> to be matched has more than one space character in a row, then
the entire text string must be surrounded by quotation marks and any imbedded
space characters in the string to be matched must be included as part of the
<WORD>.
For example, the output of the show cable modem outputs two spaces between
the word cable and the slot number for single digit slot numbers and outputs one
space between the word "cable" and the slot number for double digit slots, as
shown below:
MOT7A# show cable modem | include "cable 0/0"
Table 2-7 Context-sensitive Help Details
Entry
help
<abbreviated command>?
?
<command> ?
<command> keyword ?
Using the Command Line Interface
Table 2-7.
Result
Displays brief help system description.
Displays commands that begin with the
abbreviated entry. Do not enter a space
before the question mark.
Lists all commands available for the current
mode.
Lists associated keywords for the command.
Be sure to enter a space before the question
mark.
Lists associated arguments for the keyword.
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