DELL PC6224F User Manual

Using the CLI

For information about the command syntax for configuring the command 

history buffer, see the history-size command in the Line command mode 

chapter of this guide.

For many commands, the prefix keyword no is entered to cancel the effect of 

a command or reset the configuration to the default value. All configuration 

commands have this capability. This guide describes the negation effect for 

all commands to which it applies.

The show command executes in the User Executive (EXEC) and Privileged 

Executive (EXEC) modes.

CLI can complete partially entered commands when the user presses the 

<tab> or <space> key. If a command entered is not complete, is not valid, 

or if some parameters of the command are not valid or missing, an error 

message is displayed to assist in entering the correct command. By pressing 

the <tab> key, an incomplete command is changed into a complete 

command. If the characters already entered are not enough for the system to 

identify a single matching command, the <?>key displays the available 

commands matching the characters already entered.

The CLI supports the short forms of all commands. As long as it is possible to 

recognize the entered command unambiguously, the CLI accepts the short 

form of the command as if the user typed the full command. 

The CLI has a range of keyboard shortcuts to assist in editing the CLI 

commands. The help command, when used in the User EXEC and Privileged 

EXEC modes, displays the keyboard short cuts. 
The following table contains the CLI shortcuts displayed by the help 

command.