Partial Keyword Completion - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 Management Manual

Using the CLI

Partial Keyword Completion

The CLI has a partial keyword recognition feature that allows the switch to recognize partial keywords to
CLI command syntax. Instead of typing the entire keyword, type only as many characters as is necessary
to identify the keyword uniquely, then press the Tab key. The CLI completes the keyword and place the
cursor at the end of the keyword.
When you press Tab to complete a command keyword, one of four things can happen:
• You enter enough characters (prior to Tab) to identify the command keyword uniquely.
In this case, pressing Tab causes the CLI to complete the keyword and place a space followed by the
cursor at the end of the completed keyword.
• You do not enter enough characters (prior to Tab) to identify the command keyword uniquely.
In this case pressing Tab has no effect.
• You enter characters that do not belong to a keyword that can be used in this instance.
In this case, pressing Tab removes the characters and place the cursor back to its previous position.
• You enter enough characters (prior to Tab) to identify a group of keywords uniquely such that all
keywords in the group share a common prefix.
In this case, pressing Tab causes the CLI to complete the common prefix and place the cursor at the end of
the prefix. In this case, no space is placed at the end of the keyword.
Note. The keyword completion feature accepts wildcards.
OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide June 2013
Command Entry Rules and Syntax
page 6-6