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Configuring and using command keyword aliases, Usage guidelines, Configuration procedure

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saved-configuration and system-view. To enter system view, you only need to enter sy. To set the configuration file to be used at the next startup, you can enter st s. You can also press Tab to have an incomplete keyword automatically completed. Configuring and using command keyword aliases The command keyword alias function allows you to replace the first keyword of a non-undo command or the second keyword of an undo command with your preferred keyword when you execute the command. For example, if you configure show as the alias for the display keyword, you can enter show to execute a display command. Usage guidelines • After you successfully execute a command by using a keyword alias, the system saves the keyword, instead of its alias, to the running configuration. • If you press Tab after entering part of an alias, the keyword is displayed. • If a string you entered partially matches a keyword and an alias, the command indicated by the alias is executed. To execute the command indicated by the keyword, enter the complete keyword. • If a string you entered exactly matches a keyword but partially matches an alias, the command indicated by the keyword is executed. To execute the command indicated by the alias, enter the complete alias. • If you enter a string that partially matches multiple aliases, the system gives you a prompt. Configuration procedure To configure a command keyword alias: Step 1. Enter system view. 2. Enable the command keyword alias function. 3. Configure a command keyword alias. Command system-view command-alias enable command-alias mapping cmdkey alias Remarks N/A By default, the command keyword alias function is disabled. By default, no command keyword alias is configured. You must enter the cmdkey and alias arguments in their complete form. Configuring and using hotkeys To facilitate CLI operation, the system defines some hotkeys and provides five configurable command hotkeys. Pressing a command hotkey equals entering a command. For system-reserved hotkeys, see Table 3. To configure hotkeys: Step 1. Enter system view. Command system-view Remarks N/A 6

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saved-configuration
and
system-view
. To enter system view, you only need to enter
sy
. To set the
configuration file to be used at the next startup, you can enter
st s
.
You can also press
Tab
to have an incomplete keyword automatically completed.
Configuring and using command keyword aliases
The command keyword alias function allows you to replace the first keyword of a non-undo command or
the second keyword of an
undo
command with your preferred keyword when you execute the command.
For example, if you configure
show
as the alias for the
display
keyword, you can enter
show
to execute
a
display
command.
Usage guidelines
After you successfully execute a command by using a keyword alias, the system saves the keyword,
instead of its alias, to the running configuration.
If you press
Tab
after entering part of an alias, the keyword is displayed.
If a string you entered partially matches a keyword and an alias, the command indicated by the
alias is executed. To execute the command indicated by the keyword, enter the complete keyword.
If a string you entered exactly matches a keyword but partially matches an alias, the command
indicated by the keyword is executed. To execute the command indicated by the alias, enter the
complete alias.
If you enter a string that partially matches multiple aliases, the system gives you a prompt.
Configuration procedure
To configure a command keyword alias:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enable the command
keyword alias function.
command-alias enable
By default, the command keyword
alias function is disabled.
3.
Configure a command
keyword alias.
command-alias mapping
cmdkey
alias
By default, no command keyword
alias is configured.
You must enter the
cmdkey
and
alias
arguments in their complete
form.
Configuring and using hotkeys
To facilitate CLI operation, the system defines some hotkeys and provides five configurable command
hotkeys. Pressing a command hotkey equals entering a command. For system-reserved hotkeys, see
Table
3
.
To configure hotkeys:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A