Recalling The Previous Command Line; Inserting Characters - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 Management Manual

Using the CLI

Recalling the Previous Command Line

To recall the last command executed by the switch, press either the Up Arrow key or the
command at the prompt and the previous command is displayed on your screen. You can execute the
command again by pressing Enter or you can edit it first by deleting or inserting characters.
In the following example, the
switch.
-> ls
Listing Directory /flash/switch:
drw 2048 Jan
drw 2048 Jan
-rw 308 Jan
9850880 bytes free
->
To enter this same command again, use the Up Arrow key. The
issue the ls command, press Enter.
-> ls
The Up Arrow key and the
command was rejected by the switch.
For more details on using the

Inserting Characters

To insert a character between characters already typed, use the Left and Right Arrow keys to place the
cursor into position, then type the new character. Once the command is correct, execute it by pressing
Enter. In the following example, the user enters the wrong syntax to execute the
command. The result is an error message.
-> show microcode
ERROR: flash: no such directory
To correct the syntax without retyping the entire command line, use the
syntax. Then, use the Left Arrow key to position the cursor between the "r" and the "c" characters. To
insert the missing character, type "o".
-> !!
-> show microcode
To execute the corrected command, press Enter.
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ls command is used to list the contents of the /flash/switch directory of the
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3 19:23 ../
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!! (bang, bang) command displays the last command line entered even if the
!! command, refer to "Command History" on page
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ls command appears at the prompt. To
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show microcode
!! command to recall the previous
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!! (bang, bang)
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