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Tab Completion, Tab Completion of Parameters, Object Categories, Address

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2.1.4. The CLI Chapter 2. Management and Maintenance a command appears it can be re-executed in it's original form or changed first before execution. Tab Completion Remembering all the commands and their options can be difficult. NetDefendOS provides a feature called tab completion which means that pressing the tab key will cause automatically completion of the current part of the command. If completion is not possible then pressing the tab key will alternatively display the possible command options that are available. Tab Completion of Parameters Another useful feature with tab completion is the ability to automatically fill in the current values of data parameters in a command line. This is done by typing a period "." character followed by the tab key after the "=" character. For example, we may have typed the unfinished command: set Address IP4Address lan_ip Address= If we now type "." followed by a tab, NetDefendOS will display the current value for the Address parameter. If that value is, for example, 10.6.58.10 then the unfinished command line will automatically become: set Address IP4Address lan_ip Address=10.6.58.10 NetDefendOS automatically inserts the current value of 10.6.58.10 and this can then be easily changed with the backspace or back arrow keys before completing the command. In a similar way, the "

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a command appears it can be re-executed in it's original form or changed first before execution.
Tab Completion
Remembering all the commands and their options can be difficult. NetDefendOS provides a feature
called
tab completion
which means that pressing the tab key will cause automatically completion of
the current part of the command. If completion is not possible then pressing the tab key will
alternatively display the possible command options that are available.
Tab Completion of Parameters
Another useful feature with tab completion is the ability to automatically fill in the current values of
data parameters in a command line. This is done by typing a period "
.
" character followed by the tab
key after the "
=
" character. For example, we may have typed the unfinished command:
set Address IP4Address lan_ip Address=
If we now type "
.
" followed by a tab, NetDefendOS will display the current value for the
Address
parameter. If that value is, for example,
10.6.58.10
then the unfinished command line will
automatically become:
set Address IP4Address lan_ip Address=10.6.58.10
NetDefendOS automatically inserts the current value of
10.6.58.10
and this can then be easily
changed with the backspace or back arrow keys before completing the command.
In a similar way, the "
<
" character before a tab can be used to automatically fill in the default value
for a parameter if no value has yet been set. For example:
add LogReceiverSyslog example Address=example_ip LogSeverity=< (tab)
Will fill in the default value for
LogSeverity
:
add LogReceiverSyslog example Address=example_ip
LogSeverity=Emergency
However, if the "
.
" character is used instead:
add LogReceiverSyslog example Address=example_ip LogSeverity=. (tab)
A list of all possible values is given:
add LogReceiverSyslog example Address=example_ip
LogSeverity=Emergency,Alert,Critical,Error,Warning,Notice,Info
This list can then be edited with the back arrow and backspace keys.
Object Categories
It has been mentioned that objects are grouped by
type
, such as
IP4Address
. Types themselves are
grouped by
category
. The type
IP4Address
belongs to the category
Address
. The main use of
categories is in tab completion when searching for the right object type to use.
If a command such as
add
is entered and then the tab key is pressed, NetDefendOS displays all the
available categories. By choosing a category and then pressing tab again all the object types for that
category is displayed. Using categories means that the user has a simple way to specify what kind of
object they are trying to specify and a manageable number of options are displayed after pressing
tab.
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Chapter 2. Management and Maintenance
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