Cli Status Indicators - Juniper SYSTEM BASICS - CONFIGURATION GUIDE V 11.1.X Configuration Manual

NOTE: The system's CLI supports a powerful command-line editor, enabling you to
easily correct, edit, and recall previously entered commands. For more information,
see "Using Command-Line Editing" on page 67.
For a description of the commands that you use to get around the CLI, see "Managing
the System" on page 251.

CLI Status Indicators

The E Series software includes two types of indicators to inform you of the status of
your CLI operation.
See confirmations explicit.
The dot service indicator is used when your operation does not finish within 2
seconds. The service displays the Please wait message and a dot every 5 seconds
until the operation is completed. The dot service is used for all CLI operations,
except those that use the more descriptive progress indicator.
The progress indicator is an animated representation of how much progress
has been made on a CLI operation that does not finish within the expected
completion time. This type of status indicator is supported for the file system
synchronization application and the file copy application.
The progress indicator displays a series of dots that represents the time required
to complete the operation. The dots are followed by the actual percentage of the
total that has been completed and by an oscillating asterisk that indicates ongoing
activity.
As the application progresses, the dots are replaced with asterisks, starting at
the left, to represent how much of the operation is finished. The actual percentage
is also adjusted accordingly. When the operation is complete, all dots are replaced
by asterisks, and the message DONE replaces the numerical percentage.
The number of dots that appears and the percentage of completion represented
by each dot or asterisk are based on the terminal width. For example, if the
terminal is set to 80 characters, each of the 50 dots indicates 2 percent of the
total time (2 percent x 50 characters = 100 percent). See "Managing the System"
on page 251 for information about setting the terminal width.
The following examples show progress indicator output for a 50-character-wide
display.
*****............................................. (10%) *
*********************************************..... (90%) *
************************************************** (DONE)
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