Editing Features; Entering Commands - Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual

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Introduction

Editing Features

OL-32830-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

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A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords identify a

command, and arguments specify configuration parameters. For example, in the

command show interfaces status Gigabitethernet 1,

are keywords, Gigabitethernet is an argument that specifies the interface type,

specifies the port.

To enter commands that require parameters, enter the required parameters after

the command keyword. For example, to set a password for the administrator,

switchxxxxxx(config)# username admin password alansmith

When working with the CLI, the command options are not displayed. The standard

command to request help is ?.

There are two instances where help information can be displayed:

Keyword lookup—The character ? is entered in place of a command. A list

of all valid commands and corresponding help messages are is displayed.

Names of keys to be pressed are shown in bold.

Keys separated by the + character are to be pressed

simultaneously on the keyboard

Fixed-width font indicates CLI prompts, CLI commands entered by

the user, and system messages displayed on the console.

When a parameter is required to define a range of ports or

parameters and all is an option, the default for the command is all

when no parameters are defined. For example, the command

interface range port-channel has the option of either entering a

range of channels, or selecting all. When the command is entered

without a parameter, it automatically defaults to all.

When free text can be entered as a parameter for a command (for

example in command: snmp-server contact) if the text consists of

multiple words separated by blanks, the entire string must appear

in double quotes. For example: snmp-server contact "QA on floor 8"