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P-871H Series User's Guide 10.2.1 Command Conventions The system uses a one-level command structure. You must type the full command every time, as follows. 192.168.1.1> For instance, the following example displays current VLAN status. 192.168.1.1> sys sw vlan status The conventions for typing in most CI commands are shown next. command subcommand [parameter] command subcommand [parameter] 10.2.2 Command Syntax Conventions • Command keywords are in courier new font. • The | symbol means "or". • Required fields in a command are enclosed in angle brackets . Use the following command to turn the system monitor on or off. sys monitor enable • Optional fields in a command are enclosed in square brackets [], for example, year, month and day are optional in the following command. This command just displays the date if you don't specify the year, month and day parameters. sys date [year month day] • Commands can be abbreviated to the smallest unique string that differentiates the command. For example the "system date" command could be abbreviated to "s d". Note: Type all commands as displayed on the screen. 10.2.3 Getting Help Type "help" or "?" to display a list of valid commands or type a command followed by "help" or "?" to display a list of associated subcommands. The following figure shows a sample help information. Figure 32 CLI Help: Sample Output ras> ? Valid commands are: sys exit ras> vdsl ? port ptmf ras> config ip version vdsl 60 Chapter 10 Introduction to CLI

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P-871H Series User’s Guide
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Chapter 10 Introduction to CLI
10.2.1
Command Conventions
The system uses a one-level command structure. You must type the full command every time,
as follows.
192.168.1.1> <command>
For instance, the following example displays current VLAN status.
192.168.1.1> sys sw vlan status
The conventions for typing in most CI commands are shown next.
command <interface|device> subcommand [parameter]
command subcommand [parameter]
10.2.2
Command Syntax Conventions
•
Command keywords are in
courier new
font.
• The
|
symbol means “or”.
•
Required fields in a command are enclosed in angle brackets
<>
. Use the following
command to turn the system monitor on or off.
sys monitor enable <on/off>
•
Optional fields in a command are enclosed in square brackets
[]
, for example, year,
month and day are optional in the following command. This command just displays the
date if you don’t specify the year, month and day parameters.
sys date [year month day]
•
Commands can be abbreviated to the smallest unique string that differentiates the
command. For example the “system date” command could be abbreviated to “s d”.
Note:
Type all commands as displayed on the screen.
10.2.3
Getting Help
Type “
help
” or “
?
” to display a list of valid commands or type a command followed by
“
help
” or “
?
” to display a list of associated subcommands.
The following figure shows a sample help information.
Figure 32
CLI Help: Sample Output
ras>
?
Valid commands are:
sys
exit
config
ip
vdsl
ras> vdsl ?
port
ptmf
version
ras>