Cli View Description - H3C S5600 Series Operation Manual

Table 1-2 Command conventions
Convention
Boldface
Italic
[ ]
{ x | y | ... }
[ x | y | ... ]
{ x | y | ... } *
[ x | y | ... ] *
&<1-n>
#
H3C command lines are case insensitive.
Take the clock datetime time date command as an example to understand the command meaning
according to Table
Figure 1-9 Read command line parameters
clock datetime
Boldface: Keywords,
keep them unchanged
when typing them in the
CLI
Type the following command line in the CLI of a device and press Enter. You set the device system time
to 10 o'clock 30 minutes 20 seconds, February 23, 2010.
<Sysname> clock datetime 10:30:20 2/23/2010
You can read any commands more complicated according to

CLI View Description

CLI views are designed for different configuration tasks. These are how commands are organized, with
groupings of tasks for related operations. For example, once a user logs into a switch successfully, the
user enters user view, where the user can perform some simple operations such as checking the
The keywords of a command line are in Boldface. Keep keywords unchanged
when typing them in the CLI.
Command arguments are in italic. Replace arguments with actual values in the
CLI.
Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. One is
selected.
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and separated by
vertical bars. One or none is selected.
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. A
minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and separated by
vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n times.
A line starting with the # sign is comments.
1-2.
time date
Italic: Arguments,
replace them with
actual values in the
CLI
Description
Table 1-2.
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