Getting CLI help
You can enter the question mark (?) at the command prompt to display a list of CLI commands and their description.
Enter config system ?
, all config system related commands and their descriptions are displayed.
Enter diagnose ?
, all diagnose related commands and their descriptions are displayed.
Enter execute ?
, all execute related commands and their descriptions are displayed.
Enter execute restore ?
, all execute restore related commands and their descriptions are displayed.
Enter get ?
, all get related commands and their descriptions are displayed.
Enter show system ?
, all show system related commands and their descriptions are displayed.
Abbreviating commands
You can abbreviate words in the command line to their smallest number of non-ambiguous characters.
For example, the command get system status
can be abbreviated to g sy stat
.
Completing commands automatically
Enter a word or part of a word, and then press ?. No space is required before ?.
For example, enter e and then ?. You can see the following information.
The table below lists the shortcuts and descriptions:
? | List CLI commands and their descriptions. |
Tab | Display the key command word. Press Tab multiple times to switch among different words, such as get, show, and config, etc. |
Up arrow/Ctrl + P | Recall the previous command. Command memory is limited to the current session. |
Down arrow/Ctrl + N | Recall the next command. |
Left or Right arrow | Move the cursor within the command line. |
Ctrl + A | Move the cursor to the beginning of the command line. |
Ctrl + E | Move the cursor to the end of the command line. |
Ctrl + B | Move the cursor after one word. |
Ctrl + F | Move the cursor before one word. |
Ctrl + D | Delete the current character. |
Ctrl + C | Abort current interactive commands, such as when entering multiple lines. If you are not currently within an interactive command such as config or edit, this closes the CLI connection. |
\ then Enter | Continue typing a command on the next line for a multi-line command. For each line that you want to continue, terminate it with a backslash ( \ ). To complete the command line, terminate it by pressing the spacebar and then the Enter key, without an immediately preceding backslash. |