Editing Features; Cli Display - HP 4800G Series Configuration Manual

Editing Features

The CLI provides the basic command editing functions and supports multi-line editing. When you
execute a command, the system automatically goes to the next line if the maximum length of the
command is reached. You cannot press Enter to go to the next line; otherwise, the system will
automatically execute the command. The maximum length of each command is 510 characters.
1-4 lists these functions.
Table 1-4 Edit functions
Common keys
Backspace
Left-arrow key or Ctrl+B
Right-arrow key or Ctrl+F
Up-arrow key or Ctrl+P
Down-arrow key or Ctrl+N
Tab
When editing the command line, you can use other shortcut keys (For details, see
the shortcut keys defined in
Configuring CLI

CLI Display

By filtering the output information, you can find the wanted information effectively. If there is a lot of
information to be displayed, the system displays the information in multiple screens. When the
information is displayed in multiple screens, you can also filter the output information to pick up the
wanted information.
Filtering the output information
The device provides the function to filter the output information. You can specify a regular expression
(that is, the output rule) to search information you need.
You can use one of the following two ways to filter the output information:
Key
If the editing buffer is not full, insert the character at the position
of the cursor and move the cursor to the right.
Deletes the character to the left of the cursor and move the
cursor back one character.
The cursor moves one character space to the left.
The cursor moves one character space to the right.
Displays history commands
Pressing Tab after entering part of a keyword enables the fuzzy
help function. If finding a unique match, the system substitutes
the complete keyword for the incomplete one and displays it in
the next line; when there are several matches, if you repeatedly
press Tab, all the keywords starting with the letter that you enter
are displayed in cycles. If there is no match at all, the system
does not modify the incomplete keyword and displays it again in
the next line.
Table 1-4, or you can define shortcut keys by yourself. (For details, see
Hotkeys.)
Function
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Table
Table 1-2) besides