D-Link DGS-3620-52T CLI Guide - Page 9

xStack® DGS-3620 Series Layer 3 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch CLI Reference Guide In addition, after typing any given command plus one space, users can see all of the next possible sub-commands, in sequential order, by repeatedly pressing the Tab key. To re-enter the previous command at the command prompt, press the up arrow cursor key. The previous command will appear at the command prompt. DGS-3620-28SC:admin# config account Command: config account Next possible completions: DGS-3620-28SC:admin# config account In the above example, the command config account was entered without the required parameter , the CLI returned the Next possible completions: prompt. The up arrow cursor control key was pressed to re-enter the previous command (config account) at the command prompt. Now the appropriate username can be entered and the config account command re-executed. All commands in the CLI function in this way. In addition, the syntax of the help prompts are the same as presented in this manual  angle brackets < > indicate a numerical value or character string, braces { } indicate optional parameters or a choice of parameters, and brackets [ ] indicate required parameters. If a command is entered that is unrecognized by the CLI, the top-level commands will be displayed under the Available commands: prompt. DGS-3620-28SC:admin#the Available commands: .. ? cfm change copy create delete dir enable erase logout md ping ping6 reconfig rename show telnet upload DGS-3620-28SC:admin# cable_diag clear debug disable format move rd reset traceroute cd config del download login no reboot save traceroute6 The top-level commands consist of commands such as show or config. Most of these commands require one or more parameters to narrow the top-level command. This is equivalent to show what? or config what? Where the what? is the next parameter. For example, entering the show command with no additional parameters, the CLI will then display all of the possible next parameters. DGS-3620-28SC:admin#show 4