Aliases; Getting Command Line Help - Allied Telesis AR410 User Manual

Getting Started with the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Software Release 2.7.1
C613-02021-00 REV F
Table 2: Command line editing functions and keystrokes (Continued)
Function
Recall previous command
Recall next command
Display command history
Clear command history
Recall matching command
The router assumes that the width of the terminal screen is 80 characters, and
performs command line wrapping at the 80th column regardless of the setting
of the terminal. To execute a command the cursor does not need to be at the
end of the line. The default editing mode is insert mode. Characters are
inserted at the cursor position and any characters to the right of the cursor are
pushed to the right to make room. In overstrike mode, characters are inserted
at the cursor position and replace any existing characters.
Commands are limited to 1000 characters, excluding the prompt. Path names
of up to 256 characters, including file names, and file names up to 16 characters
long, with extensions of 3 characters, are supported.

Aliases

The command line interface supports aliases. An alias is a short name for an
often-used longer character sequence. When the user presses [Enter] to execute
the command line, the command processor first checks the command line for
aliases and substitutes the replacement text. The command line is then parsed
and processed normally. Alias substitution is not recursive—the command line
is scanned only once for aliases.
Aliases are created and destroyed using the commands:
ADD ALIAS=name STRING=substitution
DELETE ALIAS=name

Getting Command Line Help

Online help is available for all router commands, via the command:
HELP [topic]
If you do not specify a topic, then a list of available topics is displayed.
The system help file that the help information comes from can be stored in
FLASH memory. If you upgrade your software release, you can also upload
any associated new help file, then activate it using the command:
SET HELP=helpfile
To display the current help file, enter the command:
SHOW SYSTEM
VT100 Terminal
↑ or [Ctrl/B]
↓ or [Ctrl/F]
[Ctrl/C] or
SHOW PORT HISTORY
RESET PORT HISTORY
[Tab] or [Ctrl/I]
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Dumb terminal
[Ctrl/B]
[Ctrl/F]
[Ctrl/C]
or SHOW PORT HISTORY
RESET PORT HISTORY
[Tab] or [Ctrl/I]