3com 8807 User Guide

Command line interface provides the basic command editing function and 
supports to edit multiple lines. A command cannot longer than 256 characters. 
See the table below.

Incomplete command 

The input command is incomplete. 

Too many parameters 

Enter too many parameters. 

Ambiguous command 

The parameters entered are not specific.

Table 5   Common command line error messages

Table 6   Editing functions

Common keys 

Insert from the cursor position and the cursor 
moves to the right, if the edition buffer still 
has free space. 

Backspace 

Delete the character preceding the cursor and 
the cursor moves backward. 

Leftwards cursor key <‚Üê> or <Ctrl+B> 

Move the cursor a character backward 

Rightwards cursor key <‚Üí> or <Ctrl+F> 

Move the cursor a character forward 

Up cursor key <‚Üë> or <Ctrl+P>

Down cursor key <‚Üì> or <Ctrl+N> 

Retrieve the history command. 

<Tab> 

Press <Tab> after typing the incomplete key 
word and the system will execute the partial 
help: If the key word matching the typed one 
is unique, the system will replace the typed 
one with the complete key word and display it 
in a new line; if there is not a matched key 
word or the matched key word is not unique, 
the system will do no modification but display 
the originally typed word in a new line.