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Macro Commands

OL-32830-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

Macros may contain keywords (parameters). The following describes these

A macro can contain up to three keywords.

All matching occurrences of the keyword are replaced by the

corresponding value specified in the macro command.

Keyword matching is case-sensitive

Applying a macro with keywords does not change the state of the original

macro definition.

User Feedback

The behavior of a macro command requiring user feedback is the same as if the

command is entered from terminal: it sends its prompt to the terminal and accepts

the user reply.

Creating a Macro

Use the following guidelines to create a macro:

Use macro name to create the macro with the specified name.

Enter one macro command per line.

Use the @ character to end the macro.

Use the # character at the beginning of a line to enter a comment in the

In addition, # is used to identify certain preprocessor commands that can

only be used within a macro. There are two possible preprocessor

#macro key description - Each macro can be configured with up to 3

keyword/description pairs. The keywords and descriptions are

displayed in the GUI pages when the macro is displayed.

The syntax for this preprocessor command is as follows:

#macro key description $

$keyword3 description3

A keyword must be prefixed with '$'.

#macro keywords - This instruction enables the device to display the

keywords as part of the CLI help. It accepts up to 3 keywords. The

command creates a CLI help string with the keywords for the macro. The

keyword1 description1 $keyword2 description2