Fortinet 548B Administration Manual page 32

Conventions
Network addresses are used to define a link to a remote host, workstation, or network. Network
addresses are shown using the following syntax:
Table 5-1. Network Address Syntax
Address Type
IPAddr
MacAddr
Double quotation marks such as "System Name with Spaces" set off user defined strings. If the operator
wishes to use spaces as part of a name parameter then it must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
Empty strings ("") are not valid user defined strings. Command completion finishes spelling the
command when enough letters of a command are typed to uniquely identify the command word. The
command may be executed by typing <enter> (command abbreviation) or the command word may be
completed by typing the <tab> or <space bar> (command completion).
The value 'Err' designates that the requested value was not internally accessible. This should never
happen and indicates that there is a case in the software that is not handled correctly.
The value of '-----' designates that the value is unknown.
Annotations
The CLI allows the user to type single-line annotations at the command prompt for use when writing test
or configuration scripts and for better readability. The exclamation point ('!') character flags the beginning
of a comment. The comment flag character can begin a word anywhere on the command line and all
input following this character is ignored. Any command line that begins with the character '!' is
recognized as a comment line and ignored by the parser.
Some examples are provided below:
! Script file for displaying the ip interface
! Display information about interfaces
show ip interface 0/1 !Displays the information about the first interface
! Display information about the next interface
show ip interface 0/2
! End of the script file
Format
A.B.C.D
YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
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Range
0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255
hexidecimal digit pairs