F5 8400 User Manual page 19

Identifying command syntax
Item in text Description
\ Indicates that the command continues on the following line, and that users should type the entire
command without typing a line break.
< > Identifies a user-defined parameter. For example, if the command has <your name>, type in your
name, but do not include the angle brackets.
| Separates parts of a command.
[ ] Indicates that syntax inside the brackets is optional.
... Indicates that you can type a series of items.
::= Means is defined as. Indicates that an argument is followed by the description of the elements that
you can use for the argument.
Table 1.1 Command line syntax conventions
Platform Guide: 8400 and 8800
We show complete commands in bold Courier text. Note that we do not
include the corresponding screen prompt, unless the command is shown in a
figure that depicts an entire command line screen. For example, the
following command shows the configuration of the specified pool name:
bigpipe pool <pool_name> show
or
b pool <pool_name> show
Table 1.1 explains additional special conventions used in command line
syntax.
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